{"product_id":"musquito-naomi-parry-duncan","title":"Musquito - Naomi Parry Duncan","description":"\u003cp data-v-6ccf5d04=\"\" class=\"product-keynote\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNaomi Parry Duncan has uncovered the dramatic and tragic story of one of the better known First Nations resistance warriors of the early colonies. Then she discovered uncanny connections with her own convict ancestors.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-6ccf5d04=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003eA vivid, compelling portrait of the intertwined lives of Aboriginal people and new arrivals in the fledgling colonies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMusquito was just a boy when a convoy of eleven British ships assembled in the waters of Port Jackson in January 1788. Seventeen years later, he was a warrior fighting for Country west of Sydney, hunted by white colonists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExiled, in Van Diemen's Land he joined with local Aboriginal people as they began the resistance that ignited the colonists' Black War. Wrongly accused of being the ringleader, he was executed in 1825.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMusquito is one of the better known First Nations resistance fighters but even while he was alive, his story was shrouded in misinformation and myth. Historian Naomi Parry Duncan has uncovered the real story of this remarkable man. Searching the archives for evidence, she realised the lives of convicts in her family tree intersected with Musquito in disturbing ways.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-6ccf5d04=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003ePublished June 30, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Nice Stack Of Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45124475846856,"sku":null,"price":36.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0595\/5567\/6360\/files\/Musquito.jpg?v=1782361497","url":"https:\/\/nicestackofbooks.myshopify.com\/products\/musquito-naomi-parry-duncan","provider":"Nice Stack Of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}