News Report
The Black days
Teresa Bolger, Brisbane
September,
The war zone over Van Diemen's land continues to intensify as neither the aborigines nor the Europeans will give up without a fight. Truganini continues to be deceived by George Augustus Robinson whose intention is appears, is to kill the aboriginal people.
Europeans arrived in Van Diemen's land at approximately 1803, and it was not long after that armed conflict began between them. This conflict escalated when a military detachment opened fire on an Aboriginal hunting party in 1804.
Truganini, a full blooded aborigine from Van Diemam's land, was born into the black war twelve years after it began by an aboriginal elder. Aged 17, she met George Augustus Robinson (governor at the time) Truganini (right) and George Augustus Robinson (left), both acted as key roles during the Black war.who arrived to Van Diemen's land from England. She agreed to accompany him on assignments to find remaining aborigines hiding deep in bushland to persuade them to live in nearby missions in 1829.
Truganini helped Robinson set up a settlement on Flinders island for nearby aborigines to stay. She travelled to Melbourne along with Robinson and thirteen other remaining aborigines believed to be the last few in Van Diemen's land. Here, Robinson (now governor) abandoned the group and fled the scene, disproving his promise of protecting their race. They now had no control over what happened to their land.
It was after Truganini returned that she discovered that the settlement in Flinders island had become a prison which had been managed poorly and the conditions were harsh. The spread of disease and influenza had been the cause of many aboriginal deaths on the Flinders island settlement.
Truganini warned and advised other aborigines to stay away from the settlement so that they would not risk being locked up or killed.
She managed to survive the war which ended in approximately 1830. She was believed to be the last survivor.
Ultimately, she was moved to Hobart in 1876, and died at the age of 64. Witnesses say her last words were, "Don't let them cut me up, and bury me behind the mountains."
Truganini was officially recognised as the last full blooded Tasmanian Aboriginal in 1889, and was also considered to be the last full-blooded speaker of her tribes aboriginal language.
She is remembered today for her commitment and determination to help the aboriginal people during the black war.
The war zone over Van Diemen's land continues to intensify as neither the aborigines nor the Europeans will give up without a fight. Truganini continues to be deceived by George Augustus Robinson whose intention is appears, is to kill the aboriginal people.
Europeans arrived in Van Diemen's land at approximately 1803, and it was not long after that armed conflict began between them. This conflict escalated when a military detachment opened fire on an Aboriginal hunting party in 1804.
Truganini, a full blooded aborigine from Van Diemam's land, was born into the black war twelve years after it began by an aboriginal elder. Aged 17, she met George Augustus Robinson (governor at the time) Truganini (right) and George Augustus Robinson (left), both acted as key roles during the Black war.who arrived to Van Diemen's land from England. She agreed to accompany him on assignments to find remaining aborigines hiding deep in bushland to persuade them to live in nearby missions in 1829.
Truganini helped Robinson set up a settlement on Flinders island for nearby aborigines to stay. She travelled to Melbourne along with Robinson and thirteen other remaining aborigines believed to be the last few in Van Diemen's land. Here, Robinson (now governor) abandoned the group and fled the scene, disproving his promise of protecting their race. They now had no control over what happened to their land.
It was after Truganini returned that she discovered that the settlement in Flinders island had become a prison which had been managed poorly and the conditions were harsh. The spread of disease and influenza had been the cause of many aboriginal deaths on the Flinders island settlement.
Truganini warned and advised other aborigines to stay away from the settlement so that they would not risk being locked up or killed.
She managed to survive the war which ended in approximately 1830. She was believed to be the last survivor.
Ultimately, she was moved to Hobart in 1876, and died at the age of 64. Witnesses say her last words were, "Don't let them cut me up, and bury me behind the mountains."
Truganini was officially recognised as the last full blooded Tasmanian Aboriginal in 1889, and was also considered to be the last full-blooded speaker of her tribes aboriginal language.
She is remembered today for her commitment and determination to help the aboriginal people during the black war.