Truganini (song)
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Truganini (song)
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"Truganini" is a song by Australian rock band Midnight Oil from their eighth studio album, Earth and Sun and Moon (1993). It was inspired by Truganini, a Nuenonne woman from south-east Tasmania. The song uses a recurring Australian issue—drought—to pose the question "what for?", meaning "why did Europeans bother to colonise this harsh place?" The song mentions two prominent indigenous Australians whose lives were altered by European settlement and discusses current day sentiment towards the old
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1993 single by Midnight Oil
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truganini_(song)
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2024-04-24T00:39:21Z
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