In Australia she paid attention to the whale-fishery prospects, met with the present governor, Arthur Phillip
, and visited Sydney Cove, Botany Bay, and the convict settlement at Parramatta. The ship stopped...
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1792: Bennelong, an Australian aboriginal who had...
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1792
Bennelong
, an Australian aboriginal who had been kidnapped by Arthur Phillip
, Governor of Australia, visited England, where he was presented to the king
.
Falconbridge, Anna Maria, and Mary Ann Parker. Maiden Voyages and Infant Colonies. Editor Coleman, Deirdre, Leicester University Press, 1999.