History Of Truganini

, including Truganini, were moved to a settlement at Oyster Cove, south of Hobart.[8] According to The Times newspaper, quoting a report issued by the Colonial Office, by 1861 the number of survivors at Oyster Cove was only fourteen: "...14 persons, all adults, aboriginals of Tasmania, who are the sole surviving remnant of ten tribes. Nine of these persons are women and five are men. There are among them four married couples, and four of the men and five of the women are under 45 years of age, but no children have been born to them for years. It is considered difficult to account for this... Besides these 14 persons there is a native woman who is married to a white man, and who has a son, a fine healthy-looking child..." The article, headed ‘Decay of Race’, adds that although the survivors enjoyed generally good
In 1869 the town of Truganini was established near Bendigo in Victoria; in 1870 that spelling was first used for Truganini's name.
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Jump up ^ Ellis, V. R. 1981. Trucanini: Queen or Traitor. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. p.3
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Jump up ^ "Port Phillip.". Australasian Chronicle (Sydney, NSW : 1839 - 1843). Sydney, NSW: National Library of Australia. 15 February 1842. p. 2. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
Jump up ^ Gough, Julie Oyster Cove at Centre for Tasmanian Historical Studies, University of Tasmania
Jump up ^ The Times, issue 23848 dated Tuesday, 5 February 1861; p. 10; col A
Jump up ^ Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages
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