Photograph of Tasmanian Aboriginal woman Truganini, by Charles Alfred Woolley

Photograph of Tasmanian Aboriginal woman Truganini wearing a shell necklace. The words ‘Truganini last of her race, died 1876’ are printed below the image.

Truganini lived in Tasmania in the colonial era and associated closely with the white settlers. She actively worked for the advancement of Aboriginal people in Tasmania and was often erroneously considered to be the last Tasmanian Aboriginal woman.