Barangaroo
Comfortable in her own skin.
Ah! Visitors.
Visitors she was used to, but this lot acted like they owned the place.
Her husband, Bennelong, was quite taken with them.
Today, if Bennelong, Barangaroo and Governor Phillip were to get together, it would be viewed as a meeting of heads of state.
Barangaroo was a mature-aged Cammeraygal woman of the Eora Nation when the British arrived in 1788. She wasn’t interested in being friends.
A highly skilled fisherwoman and a senior provider for her clan, she was also a knowledge holder.
NOT HAPPY [20secs]
Bennelong
Once, she broke Bennelong's fishing spear because he was meeting up with Governor Phillip.
Again.
Apparently, they had several public fights over the matter, and some officers were extremely wary of her.
Her ashes
When she became pregnant, Bennelong pressured her to give birth at Government House.
Again, she refused.
She died not long after giving birth. Bennelong spread her ashes in the grounds of Government House - now the site of the Sydney Museum.
Barangaroo Reserve honours her (Watch ~9 mins).
