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![Trucaninny [Trukanini], wife of Woureddy [Wurati]](/files/c/b/d/0/i10110-sl.jpg "Trucaninny [Trukanini], wife of Woureddy [Wurati]")
![Trucaninny [Trukanini], wife of Woureddy [Wurati]](/files/c/b/d/0/i10110-ths.jpg "Trucaninny [Trukanini], wife of Woureddy [Wurati]")
Benjamin Law
Trucaninny [Trukanini], wife of Woureddy [Wurati], 1836
Portrait, cast plaster, painted
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
J.W. Beattie after Charles Woolley
Trukanini, n.d.
Portrait, albumen silver photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Allanah Dopson and Nicholas Heyward 2009
Charles Woolley
Trukanini, 1866 (printed 1890s)
Portrait, glass plate negative
Purchased 2011
![Truggernana [Trukanini], a native of southern part of V.D. Land](/files/1/8/5/e/i8535-sl.jpg "Truggernana [Trukanini], a native of southern part of V.D. Land")
![Truggernana [Trukanini], a native of southern part of V.D. Land](/files/1/8/5/e/i8535-ths.jpg "Truggernana [Trukanini], a native of southern part of V.D. Land")
Benjamin Duterrau
Truggernana [Trukanini], a native of southern part of V.D. Land, 1835
Portrait, etching, printed in black ink from one copper plate on paper
Purchased with funds provided by The Ian Potter Foundation 2009
Trukanini
Biography
Trukanini (c. 1812–1876) is arguably nineteenth century Australia’s most celebrated Indigenous leader.
6 portraits in the collection
Henry Frith
Aborigines, the last of the race, Tasmania, c. 1866
Portrait, albumen silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2006
Francis Nixon
Aborigines at Oyster Cove, Tasmania, 1858 (printed 1890s)
Portrait, glass plate negative
Purchased 2011
![Woureddy [Wurati], an Aboriginal Chief of Van Diemen's Land](/files/1/8/b/4/i10111-sl.jpg "Woureddy [Wurati], an Aboriginal Chief of Van Diemen's Land")
![Woureddy [Wurati], an Aboriginal Chief of Van Diemen's Land](/files/1/8/b/4/i10111-ths.jpg "Woureddy [Wurati], an Aboriginal Chief of Van Diemen's Land")
Benjamin Law
Woureddy [Wurati], an Aboriginal Chief of Van Diemen's Land, 1835
Portrait, cast plaster, painted
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
![Woureddy [Wurati], a wild native of Brune Island](/files/8/9/0/b/i8536-sl.jpg "Woureddy [Wurati], a wild native of Brune Island")
![Woureddy [Wurati], a wild native of Brune Island](/files/8/9/0/b/i8536-ths.jpg "Woureddy [Wurati], a wild native of Brune Island")
Benjamin Duterrau
Woureddy [Wurati], a wild native of Brune Island, 1835
Portrait, etching, printed in black ink from one copper plate on paper
Purchased with funds provided by The Ian Potter Foundation 2009
J.W. Beattie after Charles Woolley
William Lanne, c. 1866
Portrait, albumen silver photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by
Allanah Dopson & Nicholas Heyward 2009
Bruce Postle
Burnum Burnum, 1987 (printed 2010)
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased with funds provided by James Bain AM and Janette Bain 2010
Thomas Bock
Jessie Robertson, c. 1849
Portrait, pencil, chalk and gouache on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG and Marilyn Darling AC 2013
The art of conciliation
Magazine article by Gareth Knapman, 2017
Gareth Knapman explores the politics and opportunism behind the portraits of Tasmania’s Black War.
Benjamin Law
Biography
Benjamin Law, sculptor and lithographer, arrived in Hobart in 1834 aboard the Sarah.
2 portraits in the collection
Charles Woolley
Biography
Charles Alfred Woolley (1834-1922), photographer and sketcher, ran a studio on Macquarie Street in Hobart from 1859 to 1870, producing numerous portraits along with views and stereographs of Hobart and surrounding areas.
6 portraits in the collection
![Woureddy [Wurati], an Aboriginal Chief of Van Diemen's Land](/files/1/8/b/4/i10111-slq.jpg "Woureddy [Wurati], an Aboriginal Chief of Van Diemen's Land")
Wurati
Biography
Wurati (active 1830s, d. 1842), was a Nuennone man from Bruny Island, a skilled hunter, boat builder and renowned storyteller who spoke five dialects.
2 portraits in the collection