Bennelong

Bennelong
Portrait (signed "W.W.") thought to depict Bennelong
Born	c. 1764
Died	3 January 1813 Kissing Point, New South Wales
Nationality	Indigenous Australian
Other names	Baneelon
Spouse	Barangaroo (d. 1791)

Woollarawarre Bennelong (c. 1764 – 3 January 1813) (also: "Baneelon")^[1] was an Indigenous Australian man of the Eora people. He was living in the Port Jackson area when the British came to Australia in 1788. Bennelong became an unofficial ambassador between the Eora and the British, both in Sydney and later in the United Kingdom.^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Tench, Watkin. "A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson". Project Gutenberg. Retrieved 2008-03-15.