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A Trucanini Photo Gallery


 

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This portrait of Trucanini, attributed to Thomas Bock and painted in 1832 when she was 20 years old,
is considered the best likeness of her in existence. By courtesy of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.

 

 

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Aborigines at Oyster Cove in 1858. (From left) rear, standing, Tippoo and Patty; centre, Mary Ann (half-cast);
front, sitting, Wapperty, Trucanini, Caroline and Sarah (mother of the half-castes Mary Ann and Fanny Cochrane).
From an original photograph by Bishop Nixon, by courtesy of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.

 

 

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Trucanini

 

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Trucanini

 

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William Lanne. The mutilation of Lanne's corpse in 1869 haunted Trucanini
for the rest of her life. By courtesy of the Tasmanian Museum and Art gallery.

 

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This photograph by H. H. Bailey was considered the best ever taken of Trucanini
in her later years. By courtesy of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.

 

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The controversial skeleton; press photograph of an Aborginial exhibit in the
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery in 1905. By courtesy of the State Library of Tasmania.

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