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Muntipiliyata

Also known as: Muntipiliyata; primary name: Montpeliatter; other name: Muntipiliyata
Details: individual; chief/native leader; Indigenous Australian; Male
Other dates: 1831- (active)
Biography: Chief of 'Big River' tribe in Tasmania, captured by G.A. Robinson 31 December 1831.
Bibliography: N. Plomley 1991 Thomas Bock's Potraits of the Tasmanian Aborigines. In D. Dunbar (coord.) Thomas Bock. Convict Engraver, Society Portraits, QVMAG, 1991.