Truganina, William Lanne wife William Lanne (also known as King Billy or William Laney; c. 1835 – 3 March 1869) was a Tasmanian Aboriginal. He is best known as the last 'full-blooded' Aboriginal Tasmanian man. In 1842 he was the youngest child in the last family taken to the Aboriginal camp at Wybalenna on Flinders Island by George Augustus Robinson. His native name is lost, probably because at 7 he was too young when arriving at Wybalenna and so the English name William he was given there stuck. from the book ' The living races of mankind ' Vol 1 by Henry Neville Hutchinson,, editors John Wa

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Truganina, William Lanne wife William Lanne (also known as King Billy or William Laney; c. 1835 – 3 March 1869) was a Tasmanian Aboriginal. He is best known as the last 'full-blooded' Aboriginal Tasmanian man. In 1842 he was the youngest child in the last family taken to the Aboriginal camp at Wybalenna on Flinders Island by George Augustus Robinson. His native name is lost, probably because at 7 he was too young when arriving at Wybalenna and so the English name William he was given there stuck. from the book ' The living races of mankind ' Vol 1 by Henry Neville Hutchinson,, editors John Walter Gregory, and Richard Lydekker, Publisher: London, Hutchinson & co 1901

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