TRUGANINI
aka: Lalla Rookh
ROLE Guide, negotiator, and cultural ambassador during the colonization of Van Diemen's land (Tasmania)
RIDE Boat. Forcibly relocated by colonial government from Bruny Island to Flinders Island for exile and assimilation
RELAX Connecting with traditional Country; diving for shellfish, and collecting mariner shells to make custom necklaces
REFRESHMENT Fresh water, heavily sugared tea introduced by British colonists, and later in life, rum
READ Probably Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe if I ever learned to read.
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