BOOK LAUNCH - Musquito by Naomi Parry Duncan
Join Naomi Parry Duncan in-conversation with Maggie Mackellar at Launceston Library as we launch Musquito, the dramatic and tragic story of one of the better-known First Nations resistance warriors of the early colonies.
A vivid, compelling portrait of the intertwined lives of Aboriginal people and new arrivals in the fledgling colonies.
Exiled, in Van Diemen's Land he joined with local Aboriginal people as they began the resistance that ignited the colonists' Black War. Wrongly accused of being the ringleader, he was executed in 1825.
Historian Naomi Parry Duncan has uncovered the real story of this remarkable man. Searching the archives for evidence, she realised the lives of convicts in her family tree intersected with Musquito in disturbing ways.
All are welcome. Ticket provides general admission to the talk.
Book sales available at the event by Petrarch's Bookshop.
A vivid, compelling portrait of the intertwined lives of Aboriginal people and new arrivals in the fledgling colonies.
Exiled, in Van Diemen's Land he joined with local Aboriginal people as they began the resistance that ignited the colonists' Black War. Wrongly accused of being the ringleader, he was executed in 1825.
Historian Naomi Parry Duncan has uncovered the real story of this remarkable man. Searching the archives for evidence, she realised the lives of convicts in her family tree intersected with Musquito in disturbing ways.
All are welcome. Ticket provides general admission to the talk.
Book sales available at the event by Petrarch's Bookshop.
Tuesday 28 July 2026 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM (UTC+10)
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Launceston Library
71 Civic Square, Launceston TAS 7250
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BOOK LAUNCH - Musquito by Naomi Parry Duncan
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