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Bennelong

Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
Bˆneelon
English JS Main: 
Bennelong
English: 
What ear can object to the names of C˜lbee, (pronounced exactly as Colby is with us) Breewan, B˜ndel, Imerawanyee, Deed˜ra, W˜larawaree, or Bˆneelon, among the men; or to Wereewea, G˜oreedeeana, M“lba,* or Mat“lba, among the women.
Category: 
name of person
Source: 
Tench
Page: 
292
Line: 
9.1
Respelt: 
Báni-lång
Part of speech: 
noun
Date: 
1793
Source Details: 
Captain Watkin Tench: A Narrative of the expedition to Botany Bay (1789) and A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson 1788-1791 (1793): Republished at Sydney’s First Four Years (1961), Library of Australian History

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