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Bennelong
Bennelong | |
|---|---|
 Portrait (signed "W.W.") thought to depict Bennelong | |
| Born | c. 1764 South of the Parramatta River |
| Died | 3 January 1813 (aged about 48) |
| Spouse(s) | 1. Unnamed first wife 2. Barangaroo 3. Kurubarabulu 4. Boorong |
| Children | Dilboong Thomas Walter Coke |
Woollarawarre Bennelong[a] (c. 1764 – 3 January 1813) was a senior man of the Eora, an Aboriginal Australian people of the Port Jackson area, at the time of the first British settlement in Australia. Bennelong served as an interlocutor between the Eora and the British, both in the colony of New South Wales and in Great Britain. He was the first Aboriginal man to visit Europe and return.[2]
In 1789, he was abducted on the authority of Governor Arthur Phillip, who hoped to use Bennelong to establish contact with the native people. Bennelong escaped after several months. A tenuous relationship subsequently developed between Bennelong and the colonists with various attacks and reconciliations occurring throughout 1790.[3] He came to be a significant ambassador of the Eora.
Bennelong was taken to Great Britain in 1792 and he resided in London for three years. Eventually his health deteriorated and in February 1795 he was returned to Australia. Bennelong soon returned to his native lifestyle, and later in life he developed alcoholism. He died at Kissing Point in 1813, aged about 48, and was buried in James Squire's orchard.
- ^ "Bennelong". The British Museum. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- ^ "Woollarawarre Bennelong". The Australian Museum. 2015. Archived from the original on 19 May 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- ^ Fullagar 2009b, pp. 33–34.
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