Bennelong

Bennelong

Woollarawarre Bennelong (c. 1764 – 3 January 1813) (also: "Baneelon") was a senior man of the Eora, an Aboriginal (Koori) people of the Port Jackson area, at the time of the first British settlement in Australia, in 1788. Bennelong served as an interlocutor between the Eora and the British, both in Sydney and in the United Kingdom.

Read more about Bennelong:  Personal Details, Capture and Life in The British Settlement, Visit To England, Return To New South Wales, Death, Legacy