1876 THE ‘LAST’ ABORIGINAL TASMANIAN DIES
Truganini, the woman who defied white settlers in an age of colonial violence
Pre-colonial Tasmania, an island off the coast of Australia, was a place almost frozen in time. People were governed by ancient tribal traditions, and lived their lives as their ancestors had done. It was in this context that Truganini, a Palawa girl born in 1812, grew up. However, the arrival of European settlers several years previously had torn the community apart. Racial violence known as the