Truganini - Journey through the apocalypse (Paperback)

*Winner of the 2021 National Biography Award and shortlisted for the 2020 Queensland Literary Awards* Cassandra Pybus's ancestors told a story of an old Aboriginal woman who would wander across their farm on Bruny Island, in south-east Tasmania, in the 1850s and 1860s. As a child, Cassandra didn't know this woman was Truganini, and that Truganini was walking over the country of her clan, the Nuenonne. For nearly seven decades, Truganini lived through a psychological and cultural shift more extreme than we can imagine. But her life was much more than a regrettable tragedy. Now Cassandra has examined the original eyewitness accounts to write Truganini's extraordinary story in full. Hardly more than a child, Truganini managed to survive the devastation of the 1820s, when the clans of south-eastern Tasmania were all but extinguished. She spent five years on a journey around Tasmania, across rugged highlands and through barely penetrable forests, with George Augustus Robinson, the self-styled missionary who was collecting the survivors to send them into exile on Flinders Island. She has become an international icon for a monumental tragedy - the so-called extinction of the original people of Tasmania. Truganini's story is inspiring and haunting - a journey through the apocalypse. 'For the first time a biographer who treats her with the insight and empathy she deserves. The result is a book of unquestionable national importance.' - PROFESSOR HENRY REYNOLDS, University of Tasmania

General

Imprint:	Allen & Unwin
Country of origin:	Australia
Release date:	March 2020
Authors:	Cassandra Pybus
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-1-76052-922-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Multicultural studies > General Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
LSN:	1-76052-922-2
Barcode:	9781760529222

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