Eumarrah (born about 1798 in the

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near Campbell Town - died 24 March 1832 in Launceston,

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) was an

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leader. He was known by the names Kahnneher Largenner. He had been part of the group who travelled with

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on his ''Friendly Mission'' in the late 1820s. A watercolour drawing of "Ehumarah" by

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is in the collection of the

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{{authority control 1798 births 1832 deaths Indigenous Tasmanian people