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Tongerlongeter (c. 1790–1837)

warrior and leader

Tongerlongeter, by Thomas Bock, 1832

Tongerlongeter, by Thomas Bock, 1832

The British Museum, Oc2006,Drg.72 © The Trustees of the British Museum

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Tongerlongeter, by Thomas Bock, 1832

Tongerlongeter, by Thomas Bock, 1832

The British Museum, Oc2006,Drg.72 © The Trustees of the British Museum

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Birth

c. 1790
Oyster Bay, Tasmania, Australia

Death

20 June, 1837 (aged ~ 47)
Wybalenna, Flinders Island, Tasmania, Australia

Cause of Death

peritonitis

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