Today in history, January 3: Bennelong dies at Kissing Point | news.com.au — Australia's leading news site
![The story of Bennelong is potent and evocative – but it is being contested | Kate Fullagar | The Guardian The story of Bennelong is potent and evocative – but it is being contested | Kate Fullagar | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f0c0058e3d17a30f22851335717341aaacd17442/0_224_3500_2101/master/3500.jpg?width=1200&height=900&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&s=ad7664aeb251b133a9755aff57036bb8)
The story of Bennelong is potent and evocative – but it is being contested | Kate Fullagar | The Guardian
![Ben-Nil-Long in his European dress'. A profile of an Aboriginal man in European dress, bust; oval portrait with Aboriginal weapons behind, e.g. spears and shields. The subject, Woollarawarre Bennelong (c. 1764 – Ben-Nil-Long in his European dress'. A profile of an Aboriginal man in European dress, bust; oval portrait with Aboriginal weapons behind, e.g. spears and shields. The subject, Woollarawarre Bennelong (c. 1764 –](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/R5FTT7/ben-nil-long-in-his-european-dress-a-profile-of-an-aboriginal-man-in-european-dress-bust-oval-portrait-with-aboriginal-weapons-behind-eg-spears-and-shields-the-subject-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-the-history-of-new-south-wales-compiled-by-a-literary-gentleman-ie-george-R5FTT7.jpg)
Ben-Nil-Long in his European dress'. A profile of an Aboriginal man in European dress, bust; oval portrait with Aboriginal weapons behind, e.g. spears and shields. The subject, Woollarawarre Bennelong (c. 1764 –
![The Unlikely Story of Bennelong and Phillip: Sedunary, Michael, Emmerichs, Bern: 9780980671186: Amazon.com: Books The Unlikely Story of Bennelong and Phillip: Sedunary, Michael, Emmerichs, Bern: 9780980671186: Amazon.com: Books](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91TeyLmAG3L.jpg)
The Unlikely Story of Bennelong and Phillip: Sedunary, Michael, Emmerichs, Bern: 9780980671186: Amazon.com: Books
![Bennelong's grave: how history betrayed Australia's first diplomat | Indigenous Australians | The Guardian Bennelong's grave: how history betrayed Australia's first diplomat | Indigenous Australians | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/ac596d54cc5f05edfa28542d389cded9cfa92806/0_1050_4242_2544/master/4242.jpg?width=700&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=d0770469c05cf1628a55426f950e103a)
Bennelong's grave: how history betrayed Australia's first diplomat | Indigenous Australians | The Guardian
![Bennelong's grave: how history betrayed Australia's first diplomat | Indigenous Australians | The Guardian Bennelong's grave: how history betrayed Australia's first diplomat | Indigenous Australians | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/ac596d54cc5f05edfa28542d389cded9cfa92806/0_1050_4242_2544/master/4242.jpg?width=1200&height=1200&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&s=51c8c1bb767bf025621a3003c57f9854)
Bennelong's grave: how history betrayed Australia's first diplomat | Indigenous Australians | The Guardian
![Bennelong and Yemmerrawanyea singing in England | Sovereign Union - First Nations Asserting Sovereignty Bennelong and Yemmerrawanyea singing in England | Sovereign Union - First Nations Asserting Sovereignty](http://nationalunitygovernment.org/images/2016/ben-and-yem-sing.jpg)
Bennelong and Yemmerrawanyea singing in England | Sovereign Union - First Nations Asserting Sovereignty
![WOOLLARAWARRE BENNELONG (c 1764-1813) Australian Aboriginal of the Koori people who worked with the British in Sydney and London Stock Photo - Alamy WOOLLARAWARRE BENNELONG (c 1764-1813) Australian Aboriginal of the Koori people who worked with the British in Sydney and London Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/PFGN1D/woollarawarre-bennelong-c-1764-1813-australian-aboriginal-of-the-koori-people-who-worked-with-the-british-in-sydney-and-london-PFGN1D.jpg)