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| Bennelong’s burial site to be turned into public memorial | Bennelong’s burial site to be turned into public memorial |
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| The last resting place of 18th century Aboriginal interpreter Woollarawarre Bennelong has been bought by the New South Wales government and will be turned into a public memorial site. | The last resting place of 18th century Aboriginal interpreter Woollarawarre Bennelong has been bought by the New South Wales government and will be turned into a public memorial site. |
| The residential home at 25 Watson Street in Putney, in Sydney’s north-west, was the burial site of Bennelong, an Eora nation elder who acted as an intermediary between British settlers and Sydney’s Aboriginal community. | The residential home at 25 Watson Street in Putney, in Sydney’s north-west, was the burial site of Bennelong, an Eora nation elder who acted as an intermediary between British settlers and Sydney’s Aboriginal community. |
| So many Australian place names honour murderous white men and their violent acts | |
| The property, which sits on the banks of the Parramatta River, was once part of the estate of James Squire, an ex-convict, Australia’s first brewer and a friend of Bennelong. | The property, which sits on the banks of the Parramatta River, was once part of the estate of James Squire, an ex-convict, Australia’s first brewer and a friend of Bennelong. |
| Bennelong is believed to have been buried in an unmarked grave by Squire under an orchard tree, in a location out the front of house near the street’s nature strip. | Bennelong is believed to have been buried in an unmarked grave by Squire under an orchard tree, in a location out the front of house near the street’s nature strip. |
| On Sunday, the minister for planning and housing, Anthony Roberts, announced the property was purchased from a developer for $2.9m to ensure the protection and preservation of the site. | On Sunday, the minister for planning and housing, Anthony Roberts, announced the property was purchased from a developer for $2.9m to ensure the protection and preservation of the site. |
| “Two hundred years it’s taken to for a government and the community to say, we need to recognise where Bennelong the great leader and indeed ambassador was laid to rest,” Roberts told reporters. | “Two hundred years it’s taken to for a government and the community to say, we need to recognise where Bennelong the great leader and indeed ambassador was laid to rest,” Roberts told reporters. |
| As Australia moves along the path to reconciliation, the decision to purchase the property was a way to pay tribute to the contribution of Bennelong and the Aboriginal people of Australia in the past and into the future, Roberts said. | As Australia moves along the path to reconciliation, the decision to purchase the property was a way to pay tribute to the contribution of Bennelong and the Aboriginal people of Australia in the past and into the future, Roberts said. |
| Desmond Lee Madde, a member of the Bennelong Putney committee that worked on the project with the state government, said the purchase was very significant. | Desmond Lee Madde, a member of the Bennelong Putney committee that worked on the project with the state government, said the purchase was very significant. |
| A new committee will be established to determine the next step for the site, but once finished the memorial will be open to the public. | A new committee will be established to determine the next step for the site, but once finished the memorial will be open to the public. |
| “It’s going to be culturally appropriate, it’s going to be somewhere that everyone can celebrate the life of Bennelong and also learn more about the story,” Madde said. | “It’s going to be culturally appropriate, it’s going to be somewhere that everyone can celebrate the life of Bennelong and also learn more about the story,” Madde said. |
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