The Weekly Times - 7th March, 2018

6 THE WEEKLY TIMES Wednesday 7 March, 2018
hould the boriginal ag
y at issing oint beah
H boriginal ag should be own at the sot where olonial era indigenous leader
ennelong is said to hae died, ity of yde lr oy aggio said on riday.
No one knows how Bennelong
died but there is a
legend he was killed in a
fiht on anuar
and was buried a few
hundred etres aa in
the orchard of the brewer
aes uire.
n arh r
eter ithe of auarie
niversit used round
reain searh euipment
to locat the actual
grave site in the garden of
a private house in present
da utne.
here is a paue at the
end of atson treet in
utne aout fro
where Bennelong’s grave
is thought to be located
at the corner with Hordern
treet.
ounior aio hopes
to follow the English tradition
of recognising the site
here a historia fiure
died and said an Aboriginal
a oud e an appropriate
eoria.
“It would also recognise
that we are on Aboriginal
land and would further recognise
the strong link beteen
enneons peope
and this site he said.
ut there is a proe.
understand aor
eroe aae ants the
support of the residents
ho ive there he said.
ersona ant see
ho an oriina a an
osure anones ater
vie and dont ho an
ustraian an e anthin
ut proud of the oriina
a.
Bennelong was an Aborigine
who befriended the
first oonists ived for a
hie as overnor hiips
guest and visited England
where he became the toast
of soiet.
enneons peope
mourned his death with a
traditiona paa atte
on the Parramatta River at
Kissing Point which was
itnessed a passener
on the schooner Henrietta
ho reported it in a etter
to the aedonian erur
in otand.
Pictured is Councillor
Roy Maggio at Kissing
Point.
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