Truganini (song)
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"Truganini" is a song by Australian rock band Midnight Oil from their eighth studio album, Earth and Sun and Moon. It was inspired by Truganini, a Nuenonne woman from south-east Tasmania. The song use
Truganini by Midnight Oil
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Truganini was an Aboriginal Tasmanian woman who was widely, though incorrectly, described as the last surviving Aboriginal Tasmanian. A member of the Nuenonne people, she grew up on Bruny Island in wh
Truganini (song)
…Truganini" is a song by Australian rock band Midnight Oil from their eighth studio album, Earth and Sun and Moon (1993). It was inspired by Truganini, a Nuenonne woman from south-east Tasmania. The song uses a recurring Australian issue—drought—to pose the question "what for?", meaning "why did…
Truganini, c. 1866
Violence between British settlers and Aboriginal Tasmanians during the Black War
1824 illustration of Ram Head Point near Bathurst Harbour
Governor Davey's Proclamation, a pictogram produced to explain martial law and promote conciliation