Triganini - The Last Of The Tasmanian Aboriginals

Truganini - The Last Of The Tasmanian Aboriginals

By the Time Triganini Was 17 She'd Been Raped (And Probably Contracted Syphullis), Her Mother Had Been Stabbed To Death, Her Uncle Had Been Shot, Her Stepmother Had Been Kidnapped By Mutinous Convicts Who Took Her To China, Her Sisters Had Been
Enslaved By Sealers, And Her Betrothed Had Been Murdered In Front Of Her. 
In Truganini's Case Each Assault Ipon Her Family Was Violent And Unprovoked. Her Mother Was Stabbed To Death. 

Tasmanian Aboriginal Women Were Much Prized By The Sealers Because They Were Highly Skilled Hunters Who Could Earn A Lot Of Money. 
The Treatment By The Sealers Was Undescribable
One Popular Torture For The Women Who Were Not Working Hard Enough Was To Tie The Women Face Down On The Ground and Put Hot Coals On Their Backs. 
In One Case Some Sealers Caught A Woman Who Had Tried To Escape, Tied Her Up, And Then Cut Flesh From Her Ears And Her Thighs And Them Forced Her To Eat It.