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Tanaminawayt

Also known as: Tanaminawayt; primary name: Tunnerminnerwate; other name: Cape Grim Jack; other name: Jack; other name: Napoleon; other name: Peevay; other name: Pivay; other name: Tanaminaway; other name: Tunnaminnawate; other name: Tunnerminnerwait
Details: individual; Indigenous Australian; Australian; Male
Other dates: c1812-1842
Biography: Tasmanian Aborigine from Robbin Island/Cape Grim. Husband of Wortabowigee (q.v.). Worked for some time as a guide to G A Robinson on his missions around Tasmania c.1830-1835. Lived at Wybalenna and later accompanied Robinson to the Port Phillip District. Hanged in Melbourne with Maulboyheenner (q.v.) for the murder of two sealers at Westernport in October 1841.
Bibliography: K. Auty and L. Russell. 2016 Hunt Them. Hang Them. 'The Tasmanians' in Port Phillip 1841-42. Justice Press. Melbourne