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Truganini: Journey through the apocalypse | Cassandra Pybus
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A compelling story, beautifully told' - JULIA BAIRD, author and broadcaster 'At last, a book to give Truganini the proper attention she deserves.' - GAYE SCULTHORPE, Curator of Oceania, The British Museum 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
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MariettaSG
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Read this and found the facts fascinating but found that the telling of it by Pybus could have been more compelling. An important read, especially for Tasmanians.

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MrsMalaprop
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I heard Pybus interviewed about this biography of Truganini, the supposed last Aborigine in Tasmania, and knew I had to read it.

It turns out that current world events have made it a particularly poignant read, contributing significantly to my journey of understanding my privilege.

“...every Australian who is not a member of the First Nations is a beneficiary of stolen country, brutal dispossession and callous indifference...”

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LeeRHarry Just finished Terra Nullius, another timely read. 5y
MrsMalaprop @LeeRHarry Oh, what a great book. Both excellent reads for Reconciliation Week last week. 5y
Freespirit I just read Dark Emu... there are some important books out there @MrsMalaprop @LeeRHarry 🥰 5y
LeeRHarry @Freespirit I‘ll be reading that this month for my bookgroup- very timely. 5y
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MrsMalaprop
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Feeling very drawn to this, but it will be my third non-fiction book in a row. Maybe just a few pages... #currentlyreading

Rissreads I do most of my non fiction on Audible 5y
Jeg Looking forward to what you think. Somewhere in my schooling we were quickly told a bit of her story. I was shocked . 5y
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