Rachel Edwards, ABC Radio Hobart, ‘Rare soldier’s diary reveals secret massacre of Indigenous Tasmanians after almost 200 years,’ Monday 28 December 2020.
A disentegrating soldier’s diary held in the National Library of Ireland (NAI) has led to the startling discovery of an undocumented massacre of First Peoples in Tasmania (Van Diemen’s Land) in 1827. History Professor Pam Sharpe of the University of Tasmania discovered Private Robert McNally’s diary during a visit to the NAI in 2020:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-28/tasmanian-historian-uncovers-extremely-rare-diaries-of-a-soldier/12993464
Private Robert McNally’s diary revealed an undocumented massacre of Aboriginal people near Campbell Town
Tasmania (Van Diemen’s Land) on 21 March 1827.
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