Musquito (?-1825) was an Aboriginal man from New South Wales, Australia. He was transported to Van Diemen’s Land (now Tasmania) for murder in 1823. He was used as a tracker in hunting down bushrangers (outlaws), a job that earned him the hatred of other convicts. When Musquito appealed to the authorities for protection, he was ignored. He took to the bush (remote countryside of Australia) in late 1823 and emerged as the leader of the Oyster Bay and central Tasmanian Aboriginal clans. For two years, he mounted a skillful and bloody guerrilla campaign against the Europeans, killing several people. He was captured and executed in January 1825.
