Second wife of Bennelong, Barangaroo was a Gamaragaliang and continued to maintain connection with the clan despite exposure to the British settlers. She had two children prior to being Bennelong's wife, both of whom had died. Barangaroo died in 1791 and was cremated in the grounds of Phillip’s Government House and her remains interred in the garden there.
Barangaroo
Aboriginal History Vol 33 |
Keith Vincent Smith - Bennelong among his people |
Aboriginal History Vol 33 |
Kate Fullagar - Bennelong in Britain |
Aboriginal History Vol 33 |
Emma Dortins - The many truths of Bennelong’s tragedy |
Aboriginal History Vol 33 | |
Aboriginal History Vol 33 |
Kate Fullagar - Woollarawarre Bennelong: rethinking the tragic narrative |
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Attenbrow, Valerie |
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Contains biographical entries for many of the people mentioned in text |
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Powell, Michael and Hesline, Rex |
‘Making tribes? Constructing aboriginal tribal entities in Sydney and coastal NSW from the early colonial period to the present.’ Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society |