楚格尼尼也被普遍認為是最後一位說塔斯馬尼亞語的純種塔斯馬尼亞人。[11] 但在《塔斯馬尼亞歷史的同伴們》(The Companion to Tasmanian History)一書中提到,在1870末年,南澳大利亞的坎加魯島還留存了三位塔斯馬尼亞原住民女性:薩爾(Sal)、蘇克(Suke)和貝蒂(Betty)。而在弗林德斯島和弗諾群島上還留存了一些原住民。芬妮‧寇克瑞恩‧史密斯(英語:Fanny Cochrane Smith)(1834-1905)在1889年被官方正式認定為最後一位存活的塔斯馬尼亞原住民。史密斯錄下了塔斯馬尼亞語歌曲,並成為唯一留存的塔斯馬尼亞語的有聲史料。[12]
1997年,英國艾克希特的皇家亞伯特紀念博物館(英語:Royal Albert Memorial Museum)將楚格尼尼的項鍊和手鐲還給塔斯馬尼亞。2002年,英格蘭皇家外科醫學院將她的部分表皮和頭髮歸還到塔斯馬尼亞。[13]
The Times, Tuesday, 5 Feb 1861; pg. 10; Issue 23848; col A,根據《時代雜誌》的報導,1861年在牡蠣海灣的倖存這只剩14人:「......14名塔斯馬尼亞原住民全部都是成人,他們是十個部落的倖存者。這些人中有九名女性和五名男性,其中有四對夫妻。四位男人和五位女人年紀未滿45歲,但數年來都未曾生育。這個現象似乎難以解釋…除了這14人之外,尚有一名原住民嫁與一名白人,並育有一子,孩子看起來十分健康…」這篇文名為《種族的衰亡》(『Decay of Race’)的文章中提到,雖然倖存者的健康逐漸好轉,並且只要在事先許可,就可以在狩獵季節照常打獵。然而他們現在「生活起居和衣食生活都回到了一般人的消費水準」且「時常酗酒」。
Antje Kühnast: 'In the interest of science and the colony'. Truganini und die Legende von den aussterbenden Rassen. In: Entfremdete Körper. Rassismus als Leichenschändung [Alienated Bodies. Racism and the desecration of corpses]. Ed by W. D. Hund. Bielefeld: Transcript 2009, pp. 205 - 250..
'The Last Wish: Truganini's ashes scattered in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel', Aboriginal News, vol. 3, no. 2, 1976Truganini網際網路檔案館的存檔,存檔日期2009-10-28. Index of Significant Tasmanian Women, at Tasmania's Department of Premier and Cabinet, October 2011. Accessed 21 March 2012
Fanny Cochrane Smith. Index of Significant Tasmanian Women, at Tasmania's Department of Premier and Cabinet. Accessed 21 March 2012. (原始內容存檔於2010年7月19日). She is probably best known for her cylinder recordings of Aboriginal songs, recorded in 1899, which are the only audio recordings of an indigenous Tasmanian language.
"A royal lady- Trucaminni, or Lalla Rookh, the last Tasmanian aboriginal, has died of paralysis, aged 73. She was Queen Consort to King Billy, who died in March 1871, and had been under the care of Mrs Dandridge, who was allowed £80 annually by the Government for maintenance."The Times, Thursday, 6 July 1876; pg. 6; Issue 28674; col D
Colonial-era reports spell her name "Trugernanner" or "Trugernena" (in modern orthography, Trukanana or Trukanina). In 1869 the town of Truganini was established near Bendigo in Victoria; in 1870 that spelling was first used for Truganini's name.