S1E2: Poor Fellow My Country - Tarenorerer and the Aboriginal Tasmanian Resistance

Women of War

This week on Women of War: Tarenorerer, the leader of Indigenous Tasmanian resistance against British invaders in the 19th Century, attempting to prevent a genocide. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are warned this episode contains references and the voices of people who have died. This episode contains references to violence and genocide.

This episode was recorded on Wurundjeri land and we pay our respects to elders past and present. Sovereignty was never ceded.

Disclaimer: While every attempt has been made to accurately research Tasmanian Aboriginal history and Tarenorerer’s life, we realise that with such conflicting and often deliberately misleading information available, and without the inclusion of a Tasmanian Aboriginal perspective, some mistakes will be made.

Donate to the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation: https://www.wurundjeri.com.au/support/donate/

Donate to the Warriors of Aboriginal Resistance: https://www.welcometocountry.org/aboriginal-charity-guide/

Thank you to the First Peoples Art and Culture Department at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery for their permission to include the audio recording of Fanny Cochrane Smith and their assistance with this podcast.

Fanny Cochrane Smith. Fanny Cochrane Smith’s Tasmanian Aboriginal Songs. Wax Cylinder, 1899. 500445. National Film and Sound Archive. https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/fanny-cochrane-smiths-tasmanian-aboriginal-songs.

Thank you also to the National Archives of Australia and the Honourable Paul Keating for permission to include an audio clip from Mr Keating’s Redfern Speech:

NAA: M3983, 1095117 - Prime Minister Paul Keating - Redfern Park Speech Launching Australia's Participation In The United Nations' International Year Of The World's Indigenous People 1993

Map of Indigenous Australia: https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/map-indigenous-australia

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Introduction Music: Frosty Forest by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com