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Name	Tongerlongeter (c. 1790–1837)
Born	c. 1790 Oyster Bay, Tasmania, Australia
Died	20 June, 1837 (aged ~ 47) Wybalenna, Flinders Island, Tasmania, Australia
Cause of Death	peritonitis
Cultural Heritage	Oyster Bay Tasmanian Indigenous Australian Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Occupation or Descriptor *	Indigenous warrior (1810-1837) Tasmania, Australia Indigenous leader (1824-1837) Tasmania, Australia Indigenous resistance fighter (1824-1831) Tasmania, Australia
Key Events *	Black War (Tas) (participant, 1823-1832) Black Line (Tas, 1830) (opponent, 1830)

* Dates are approximate

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