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The grave commemorates Waubadebar who was an aboriginal woman who saved the life of two European men.
Waubadebar was captured by a party of sealers, probably convicts, on the hunt for aboriginal women. After a successful raid they camped on the beach at Wineglass Bay near Coles Bay but by morning Waubadebar who was aged 15, had gone taking the sealers` kangaroo dogs with her. She was later recaptured and lived to become famous.
She saved her sealer-man and another sealer from drowning in high seas in spite of having broken her arm. She died on a sealer`s boat off Maria Island.
Location
| Address: | Old Tram Road, , Bicheno, 7215 |
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| State: | TAS |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -41.871389 Long: 148.303333 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Grave |
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| Monument Theme: | People |
| Sub-Theme: | Indigenous |
Dedication
| Approx. Monument Dedication Date: | 1925 |
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Here lies Waubadebar
Female Aborigine of Van Diemens Land
Died June 1832
Aged 40 years.
This stone is erected by a few of her white friends
