Glossary

On 31 December 1788, Lieutenant Henry Lidgbird Ball of HMS Supply and Marine Lieutenant George Johnston ambushed two Aboriginal men at Kayeemy (Manly Cove). One escaped while the captured man, at first called Manly, was carried off to the settlement at Sydney Cove. He was detained in an attempt to learn something of the language and customs of the people, as well as information regarding natural resources. His name was found to be Arabanoo. This was rendered by the different writers at the time as Arooboonoo, Arooboonen, Araboonoo and Harrabanu. Although he had been captured in the territory of the Gamaragal, his clan is not known. Arabanoo remained in the settlement following the removal of his manacles.

He was present in the settlement during the outbreak of smallpox among the Aboriginal population in April 1789. Arabanoo helped to bury some of the victims and was present when two children, Nanbarry and Boorong (at first mistakenly called Abaroo) were brought into Sydney suffering from the disease.

Arabanoo contracted smallpox and died on 18 May 1789. He was buried in the governor's garden.

Brother-in-law of Bennelong. His father was Maugoran and his mother was Gooroobera. He had at least two brothers Bidgee Bidgee and Yarinibe Goruey and a sister Boorong.

In 1791 Ballooderry was a guide on the Governor’s expedition to trace the course of the Hawkesbury River. At a later date his canoe was destroyed by convicts and in retaliation he speared one of the culprits.

He died on 16 December 1791 and was buried in the grounds of Government House, Sydney. Affiliation: Burramattagal. Also: Bolderry.

The spelling of Bennelong’s name takes a number of forms.  These include: Bennillong, Ben-nil-long, Bannelon, Benelong, Benelång and Bunna.lung.

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.

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.

Wife of Colebee. Affiliation: Cannalgaliang (Gamaragaliang)

Daughter of Maugoran and wife of Bennelong. Affiliation: Burramattagaliang

William Bradley (1757-1833), naval officer and diarist.

He entered the navy on 10 April 1772 and was promoted lieutenant on 31 October 1778. He appointed first lieutenant in the Sirius on 25 October 1786 and sailed with the First Fleet in May 1787. After reaching Port Jackson in January 1788 John Hunter and Bradley commenced a series of surveys. On the various short surveying expeditions he undertook, usually with Hunter, his main interests were natural history and the Indigenous people of the harbour.

Following his return from the Cape of Good Hope on 9 May 1789 he was occupied taking observations, supervising the repair of the Sirius and continuing his study of the local people. In November 1789 he was one of the party sent to capture Colebee and Bennelong, 'by far the most unpleasant service I ever was order'd to Execute'.

Bradley arrived in England on 23 April 1792, where a court martial was held over the loss of the Sirius; all were 'Honorably Acquitted' and paid off on 4 May.  Bradley subsequently rose to the rank of captain but in 1809 he began to display an unsettled state of mind. His advancement continued and on 22 September 1812 was promoted rear admiral of the Blue and superannuated.

In 1814 he was involved in a case of defrauding the postal authorities, was tried at the Winchester Assizes, found guilty and sentenced to death. Struck off the list of superannuated rear admirals he was first reprieved conditional on his being transported for life, and then pardoned on 27 October on condition that he went into exile. Bradley travelled to France and remained in dishonoured exile, until his death on 13 March 1833.

Bungaree (c1775–1830), a Garigal from Broken Bay, adopted the role of a mediator between the English colonists and the Aboriginal people. He undertook a number of sea-voyages, and in company with Matthew Flinders, became first Australian to circumnavigate the continent.  He had close associations with the Newcastle settlement between 1801 and 1804.

He settled his family on the north shore of Port Jackson and maintained a close relationship with ships entering the port.  In 1815 his patron, Governor Lachlan Macquarie reserved land and erected huts at Georges Head for Bungaree and his family.  The proposed farming venture did not prosper and in 1828 Bungaree and his group moved their camp to the Governor's Domain.  Following an illness that lasted several months Bungaree died at Garden Island on 24 November 1830 and was buried at Rose Bay.

Association: Garigal  Also: Boongarie

Spear barbed with stones.

Also: car-rah-dy, karadji, cár-ad-yee, karádigán. Doctor, particularly a person skilled in healing wounds, a clever man, sorcerer. The Aboriginal people described the surgeons of the First Fleet as such.

Sister of Bennelong. Also as: Karangarang