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THE TRAGEDY OF THOMAS BUNGELENE: ABORIGINAL SEAMAN IN THE VICTORIAN NAVY.

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Indigenous Histories

Damien has recently pointed out that Thomas Bungelene was an Aboriginal man who served on Her Majesty’s Colonial Steamer Victoria from 1861 to 1864. Peter Gardner who has written extensively on Thomas Bungelene and his family from 1978, was the first to … Continue reading →

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