Son of Maugoran and brother-in-law of Bennelong. He spoke good English and was noted as an accomplished mimic. He was engaged as a tracker by Governor Macquarie and rewarded by being appointed ‘Chief of the Kissing Point tribe’. A grant of land for Bidgee Bidgee at Kissing Point was initiated in 1816 but not completed. Bidgee Bidgee remained an important elder in the Sydney district throughout the 1820s. He is believed to have died in c.1836. Affiliation: Burramattagal.
Bidgee Bidgee
Aboriginal History Vol 33 | |
Aboriginal History Vol 33 |
Kate Fullagar - Woollarawarre Bennelong: rethinking the tragic narrative |
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 |
Attenbrow, Valerie |
‘Aboriginal placenames around Port Jackson and Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia Sources and uncertainties’ in Aboriginal Placenames. Naming and Re-naming the Australian Landscape Aboriginal History Monograph 19 Edited by Harold Koch and Luise Hercus ANU E Press 2009 |
Attenbrow, Valerie |
Sydney's Aboriginal past: investigating the archaeological and historical records, Sydney, UNSW Press, 2002. |
Dictionary of Sydney |
Contains biographical entries for many of the people mentioned in text |
Eora | |
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 |