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Why we should remember Boorong, Bennelong's third wife, who is buried beside him

  • Written by Meredith Lake, Honorary Associate, Department of History, University of Sydney
Why we should remember Boorong, Bennelong's third wife, who is buried beside himSydney's Government House, circa 1802, where Boorong was brought when she fell sick with smallpox in 1789. Mitchell library, State Library of New South Wales

More than 200 years after Woollarawarre Bennelong’s death, the NSW government has purchased the land where he is buried. On the north side of the Parramatta river, the unmarked grave...

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