After her husband's death MAP
received a visit from Banalong or Bennelong
, the Australian Aborigine who had been brought to London as a kind of specimen. Her daughter brought out a picture of the...
Textual Features
Mary Ann Parker
After this the tide of MAP
's description begins to turn. Notwithstanding the general appearance of the natives, I never felt the least fear when in their company, being always with a party more than...
Timeline
1792: Bennelong, an Australian aboriginal who had...
Building item
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.