The First Indigenous Author to be in Print

Mira Prabhu:

Enjoyed this poignant tale of Bennelong: the first Indigenous Australian Author and quite a character! Thank you Tribal Mystic!

Originally posted on Tribalmystic:

For Australia Day features,��my son Nathan came up with this brilliant suggestion, and something from Australia���s history. It is a story of a man who became a mediator and later��described as a traitor��for his relationship with the first settlers. He lived a fascinating life between his own people and the colonials and this life took him on an adventure to England in 1792. Bennelong��was said to be the first Indigenous Australian Author to have his words printed. Here are two versions of his story with a song from Bennelong. Long live his spirit!

From ABC Radio, here is a brief story about his trip to England with an audio recording of Bennelong singing.

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It has��been more than two hundred years since the death of Bennelong ��� that great Wanggal leader and ambassador to the Sydney colony.

Bennelong has long been cast as a tragic figure, a traitor to���

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