Tunnerminnerwait

Tunnerminnerwait
Bornc. 1812
Died20 January 1842 (aged 29–30)
Port Phillip, Australia
Cause of deathExecution by Hanging
Resting placeQueen Victoria Market
Other namesPevay, Piway, Tanaminawayt, Jack of Cape Grim, Tunninerpareway, Jack Napoleon Tarrapurrura
Known forAboriginal freedom fighter

Tunnerminnerwait (c.1812–1842) was an Australian Aboriginal resistance fighter and Parperloihener clansman from Tasmania. He was also known by several other names including Pevay, Jack of Cape Grim, Tunninerpareway and renamed Jack Napoleon Tarraparrura by George Robinson.[1]

  1. ^ Robinson, George Augustus; Plomley, N. J. B. (Norman James Brian); Tasmanian Historical Research Association (1966), Friendly mission : the Tasmanian journals and papers of George Augustus Robinson, 1829-1834, Tasmanian Historical Research Association, retrieved 1 December 2014