Musquito

A retrospective portrait of Musquito, completed in the 1860s

Musquito (c.1780 – 25 February 1825) (also rendered Mosquito, Musquetta, Bush Muschetta or Muskito) was an Indigenous Australian resistance leader, convict hunter and outlaw based firstly in the Sydney region of the British colony of New South Wales and later in Van Diemen's Land.[1]

  1. ^ Parry, Naomi. Musquito (1780–1825). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)