Origins of the Bennelong Society


Dr Geoffrey Partington

(with a Foreword by Prof. Geoffrey Blainey)


The Foundation document of the Society which also serves as an overview and assessment of the December 2000 Workshop.

Origins of the Bennelong Society is available in either HTML or PDF format [100k]



Who Was Bennelong?

The 25th of November 1789, almost two years after the landing of the First Fleet, was a remarkable day for Australia, just as it was equally remarkable for a certain individual who went by the name of Woollarawarre Bennelong.... [more]

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