Musquito
The real story of a legendary colonial warrior
$33.45
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
30 June 2026
Summary
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 the waters of Port Jackson in January 1788. Seventeen years later, he was a warrior fighting for Country west of Sydney, hunted by white colonists.
Exiled, in Van Diemen’s Land he joined with local Aboriginal people as they began the resistance that ignited the colonists’ Black War. Wro…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761067891 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1761067893 |
| Author: | Naomi Parry Duncan |
| Publisher: | Allen & Unwin |
| Imprint: | Allen & Unwin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 30 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 402g |
| Dimensions: | 27mm x 234mm x 155mm |
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About The Author
Naomi Parry Duncan
Naomi Parry Duncan is a historian specializing in First Nations history and family history. She grew up in Tasmania and now lives in the Blue Mountains, NSW.
She is president of the History Council of NSW, holds adjunct positions at the Universities of Tasmania and Western Sydney, and is senior research officer with the Indigenous Land and Justice Research Group at the University of NSW.
She is co-author of New South Wales and the Great War, and winner of the 2022 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship.
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