Montpelliatta (c. 1790 – 1836) was a leader of the 'Big River' group of Aboriginal Tasmanian clans during the Black War of the 1820s and early 1830s in Tasmania. He is regarded as one of the main organisers of Aboriginal resistance to British colonisation during this period.
Montpelliatta (c. 1790 – 1836) was a leader of the 'Big River' group of Aboriginal Tasmanian clans during the Black War of the 1820s and early 1830s in...
of the island and whose leader was a man named Montpelliatta. Under Tongerlongeter and Montpelliatta the Oyster Bay – Big River mob did not only continue...
Jeanneret Dr Joseph Milligan Notable prisoners Truganini, Tongerlongeter, Montpelliatta, William Lanne, Mathinna, Luggenemenener, Mannalargenna, Woretemoeteryenner...
island's northern highlands. Those raids, headed by resistance leader Montpelliatta, culminated in the murder of Captain Bartholomew Thomas and his overseer...
compensation from the $5 million package. Eumarrah Kikatapula Maulboyheenner Montpelliatta Tongerlongeter Tunnerminnerwait Trugernanner (Truganini) and Fanny Cochrane...
wherever they were found. Other Palawa leaders such as Tongerlongeter, Montpelliatta and Umarrah took the fight up against the British. On 17 July 1828,...
River-Oyster Bay which included the resistance leaders Tongerlongeter and Montpelliatta. They surrendered to Robinson's group, after which they all then travelled...
locating the remnant Indigenous groups led by Eumarrah, Tongerlongeter and Montpelliatta. He continued in this service until 1834, when he himself was also transported...
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