Musquito: The Real Story of a Legendary Colonial Warrior by Naomi Parry Duncan

Book Description

Secondhand. As new condition.

A vivid, compelling portrait of the intertwined lives of Aboriginal people and new arrivals in the fledgling colonies.

Musquito was just a boy when a convoy of eleven British ships assembled in Port Jackson waters in January 1788. Seventeen years later, he was a warrior fighting for Country west of Sydney, hunted by white colonists.

Exiled to Van Diemen's Land, he joined with local Aboriginal people as they began the resistance that ignited the colonists' Black War. Wrongly accused of being the ringleader, he was executed in 1825.

Musquito is one of the better-known First Nations resistance fighters, but even while he was alive, his story was shrouded in misinformation and myth. Historian Naomi Parry Duncan has uncovered the real story of this remarkable man. Searching the archives for evidence, she realised the lives of convicts in her family tree intersected with Musquito in disturbing ways. (back cover)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers, please note that this book may contain descriptions and/or images of people who have passed away.