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Bungaree, was known as the King of the Broken Bay Aborigines.
He was witty, intelligent, something of a diplomat. He accompanied Flinders and Philip Parker King on their voyages of exploration. For many years he was a Sydney ‘character’, dressed in cast-off European military clothes, often mentioned in contemporary accounts of the colony and often painted or sketched. Anyone who has worked in the field of early Australian race relations makes the acquaintance of Bungaree, whether as an example of significant collaboration between white and black in many different ways ranging from maritime exploration to the recapturing of escapees, or as a case study exhibiting the essential tragedy of Aboriginal history post contact. (Source: http://artuccino.com/) |
An Eora man called BUNGAREE was described for his good disposition and manly conduct. In 1815, he was given land, and huts were erected for him and his people at George’s Head. Earlier, in 1802-03 Bungaree became the first Australian to circumnavigate the continent with Matthew Flinders in the Investigator.
(Source: http://www.manly.nsw.gov.au/)
(Source: http://www.manly.nsw.gov.au/)
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Bungaree's Farm
200 years ago, Bungaree was the first Aboriginal man to be granted land by the government of New South Wales. He was the first person to be called an 'Australian'. Bungaree's life was a life of adventure and contradiction. While he was recorded as being a friend to the settlers, the last sighting of him was returning to his bush home. Curator Djon Mundine has asked a group of emerging and established Indigenous artists to interpret the life of Bungaree and over the next month, Mosman Art Gallery will be home to two exhibitions re-writing Bungaree back into the early history of Colonial Australia. (Source: http://www.abc.net.au/) |