Bennelong
Overview
Eora
The Eora are the Aboriginal people of the Sydney area, south to the Georges River, north to the Hawkesbury River, and west to Parramatta. The indigenous people used this word to describe where they came from to the British. "Eora" was then used by the British to refer to those Aboriginal people...
, an Aboriginal
Indigenous Australians
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(Koori
Koori
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) people of the Port Jackson
Port Jackson
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area, at the time of the first British settlement in Australia, in 1788. Bennelong served as an interlocutor
Interlocutor (politics)
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between the Eora and the British, both in Sydney
Sydney
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and in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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.
Bennelong was a member of the Wangal clan, connected with the south side of Parramatta River, having close ties with the Wallumedegal clan, on the north side of the river, and the Burramattagal clan near today's Parramatta.
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