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1 Tongerlongeter — the Tasmanian Resistance Fighter We Should Remember as a War Hero Nicholas Clements , 2021 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 6 August 2021;

'Australians love their war heroes. Our founding myth centres on the heroism of the ANZACs. Our Victoria Cross recipients are considered emblematic of our highest virtues. We also revere our dissident heroes, such as Ned Kelly and the Eureka rebels. But where in this pantheon are our Black war heroes?' (Introduction)
1 3 y separately published work icon Tongerlongeter : First Nations Leader and Tasmanian War Hero Henry Reynolds , Nicholas Clements , Sydney : NewSouth Publishing , 2021 22572642 2021 single work biography

'An epic story of resistance, suffering and survival. Tongerlongeter resurrects a once-in-a-generation leader all Australians can admire.

'Australia has no war hero more impressive than Tongerlongeter. Leader of the Oyster Bay nation of south-east Tasmania in the 1820s and ’30s, he and his allies led the most effective frontier resistance ever mounted on Australian soil. They killed or wounded some 354 – or 4 per cent – of the invaders of their country. Tongerlongeter’s brilliant campaign inspired terror throughout the colony, forcing Governor George Arthur to launch a massive military operation in 1830 – the infamous Black Line. Tongerlongeter escaped but the cumulative losses had taken their toll. On New Year’s Eve 1831, having lost his arm, his country, and all but 25 of his people, the chief agreed to an armistice. In exile on Flinders Island, this revered warrior united most of the remnant tribes and became the settlement’s ‘King’ – a beacon of hope in a hopeless situation.' (Publication summary)
1 Tasmania's Black War : A Tragic Case of Lest We Remember Nicholas Clements , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 24 April 2014; 'Tasmania's Black War (1824-31) was the most intese froniter conflict in Australia's history., It was a clash between the most culturally and technologically dissimilar himans to have ever come in contact. At stake was nothing less than control of the country, and the survival of a people.'
1 9 y separately published work icon The Black War : Fear, Sex and Resistance in Tasmania Nicholas Clements , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2014 7343666 2014 single work non-fiction

'Between 1825 and 1831 close to 200 Britons and 1000 Aborigines died violently in Tasmania’s Black War. It was by far the most intense frontier conflict in Australia’s history, yet many Australians know little about it. The Black War takes a unique approach to this historic event, looking chiefly at the experiences and attitudes of those who took part in the conflict. By contrasting the perspectives of colonists and Aborigines, Nicholas Clements takes a deeply human look at the events that led to the shocking violence and tragedy of the war, detailing raw personal accounts that shed light on the tribes, families and individuals involved as they struggled to survive in their turbulent world.' (Source: UQP Website)
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