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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]


Hon. Peter Howson, CMG
1919-2009

In memory of our colleague and mentor, and founder of the Bennelong Society, the Honourable Peter Howson, the first Commonwealth Minister for Aboriginal Affairs 1971-72, we have assembled his works as a Bennelong member on this site. The list is available here.

In addition, motions of condolence in the Federal Parliament by Messrs Rudd, Turnbull and Costello are available here. For a short editorial from The Australian, click here. Caroline Overington's obituary column is available here. Christopher Pearson's tribute in The Weekend Australian may be accessed here.

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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