Bennelong

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Bennelong was a prominent Eora Aboriginal man from the Sydney region who served as a key intermediary between Indigenous Australians and the British colonists in the late 18th century.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bennelong canonical 4
Woollarawarre 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian
Eora man
person
activePeriod early colonial period of New South Wales
late 18th century
associatedWith British colonists in New South Wales
Eora people
Governor Arthur Phillip
burialPlace near Kissing Point
capturedBy Governor Arthur Phillip
child Dickey
countryOfCitizenship Australia
countryOfVisit United Kingdom
dateOfCapture 1789
dateOfReturn 1795
dateOfTravel 1792
deathDate 1813
deathPlace Kissing Point
near present-day Ryde, New South Wales
employer History of New South Wales
surface form: British colonial administration in New South Wales
ethnicity Aboriginal Australian
Eora
hasPlaceNamedAfter Bennelong Bridge
Bennelong Point
Division of Bennelong
historicalSignificance symbol of early Aboriginal–European relations in Australia
knownFor having a hut built for him at Bennelong Point
memberOf Wangal clan
nativeLanguage Eora language
notableFor acting as intermediary between Eora people and British colonists
early contact with British settlers in New South Wales
placeOfBirth Sydney Harbour foreshore
surface form: Port Jackson area

Greater Sydney region
surface form: Sydney region
placeOfCapture Manly Cove
religion exposed to Christianity
residence London, England
surface form: London

Sydney Harbour
surface form: Port Jackson

Greater Sydney region
surface form: Sydney region
returnedTo Sydney
role cultural intermediary
diplomatic go-between
interpreter
spouse Barangaroo
Kurubarabulu
traveledWith Arthur Phillip
Yemmerrawanne
visited England

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bennelong Point namedAfter Bennelong
Woollarawarre Bennelong hasName Bennelong
Woollarawarre Bennelong hasGivenName Bennelong
this entity surface form: Woollarawarre
Meadowbank federalDivision Bennelong
Gladesville federalDivision Bennelong