In Tasmania’s “Black War” of 1823–31, Tongerlongeter led a stunning
resistance campaign against invading British soldiers and colonists. Leader of
the Oyster Bay nation, he inspired dread throughout the island’s southeast.
Convicts refused to work alone or unarmed, terrified settlers abandoned their
farms, the economy faltered and the government seemed powerless to suppress the
violence……
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