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Manalakina

Also known as: Manalakina; primary name: Manalargenna; other name: Manalakina; other name: Mannalargenna; other name: Mannerlelargenner
Details: individual; chief/native leader; Indigenous Australian; Australian; Male
Other dates: c1770-1835 (Died 4 December.)
Biography: Aboriginal leader from Ben Lomond region of north east Tasmania. Husband of Tanleeboneyer (Sall/Sarah). Led guerilla warfare against colonists and also worked with G A Robinson in contacting other Aboriginal groups. Died at and was buried at Flinders Island.
Bibliography: Plomley, NJB 'Thomas Bock's portraits of the Tasmanian Aborigines' Records of the Queen Victoria Museum Launceston, New Series 18:1-25, 1965. L. Ryan Tasmanian Aborigines. A history since 1803. Allen & Unwin. 2012.