Tasma Walton explores a tragic family story in her new novel, I Am Nannertgarrook

Growing up, there was a story actor and author Tasma Walton often heard about one of her Boonwurrung ancestors.

According to family legend, Walton’s great-great-great grandmother, Nannertgarrook, fell in love with a merchant seaman and ran away with him.

But Walton came to realise this story…