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Bennelong Infographic

Ben Bloomer

Created on April 26, 2023

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When the First Fleet Arrive

Making Contact

Unlikely Friends

The Kidnapping

An engraving of Woolarawarre Bennelong from 1788. (Credit: National Library of Australia)

Bennelong

An Important Mediator

After Europe

  • Born 1764
  • Died 3rd of January, 1813

Letter from Bennelong

1788

1813

1792

1795

1789

Map of Sydney cove

Sources:

  • Benelong fact file PDF
  • View Museum. “Woollarawarre Bennelong.” The Australian Museum, 11 June 2021, australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/trailblazers/woollarawarre-bennelong/#:~:text=Once%20assured%20he%20wouldn Accessed 3 May 2023.
  • Dark, E. (n.d.). Cultural Advice. [online] Australian Dictionary of Biography. Available at: https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bennelong-1769#:~:text=Bennelong%20(1764%3F%2D1813)%2C.
  • Studies, A.I. of A. and T.S.I. (2020). Bennelong’s letter. [online] aiatsis.gov.au. Available at: https://aiatsis.gov.au/blog/bennelongs-letter.
  • Singh, I. (2020). Watch Sydney’s 250-year-old evolution in 30-second map animation. [online] Geoawesomeness. Available at: https://geoawesomeness.com/watch-sydneys-250-year-old-evolution-in-30-second-map-animation/.
  • Australian Geographic. (2013). On this day: Bennelong was kidnapped - Australian Geographic. [online] Available at: https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/blogs/on-this-day/2013/11/on-this-day-in-history-bennelong-taken-as-go-between/.