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1805 - North West - view
Obadiah Ikin
1805 - North Coastal - view
Musquito,
an Aboriginal Guringai warrior is arrested for attacks on farms on the Hawkesbury River.
He is imprisoned and sent to Norfolk Island and later to Tasmania in 1813. Musquito’s first hand
knowledge of bushranging tactics is used by authorities to help round up
outlaws in Tasmania.
He becomes a leader of resistance and organises large scale guerilla attacks
against colonists. He is sentenced to death for murder in 1825 in Hobart gaol. His final words are said to have been I“This not good for black fulla. Only good for white fulla [speaking about being hanged]. Him buddy (bloody) used to it by now.”