Tag: Bennelong

02/04/2023

Sit quietly and you can hear Bennelong’s blackfella chuckling

Bennelong’s voice has trickled through the narrative of First Fleet onlookers. It chats to us from over two centuries ago to current time and naturally has been translated and misconstrued in turn by native mobs, anthropologists, historians, story tellers, and linguists along the way. Bennelong is an unfading elder and his spirit does speak to us from behind the veil. Bennelong is reflective about the […]