Letter from Bennelong [manuscript] : Sydney Cove, New South Wales, to Mr Phillips 1796 Aug. 29
- Bib ID:
- 1805039
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Bennelong, approximately 1764-1813
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. MS 4005 copy
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- 1796
- 1 p.
- Summary:
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The author of this letter is Bennelong, a leader of the Wangal people. In December 1792, Bennelong and Yemmerrawanne became the first Indigenous Australians to travel to England. In the letter Bennelong mentions his wife and another Indigenous man named Carroway, and passes on his thanks to Mr and Mrs Phillips for looking after him. The manuscript records the earliest known piece of writing by an Indigenous Australian, and is the only contemporary copy of a dictated letter which appears to have been copied verbatim by an unknown scribe. Dated Sydney Cove, New South Wales, 29th August, 1796. Signed 'Bannelong'.
- Notes:
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- Manuscript reference no. : MS 4005.
- MS 4005 copy Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-557679852
- Source of Acquisition:
- Nan Kivell Collection NK 4048.
- Cited In:
- Guide to collections of manuscripts relating to Australia ; A553.
- Subject:
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- Bennelong, approximately 1764-1813 -- Correspondence
- Phillips, Mr -- Correspondence
- Eora people S61
- Settlement and contacts - 18th Century
- Race relations
- Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- Sydney Cove -- Correspondence
- Aboriginal Australians -- England -- Correspondence
- Warrane / Sydney Cove (NSW SI56-05)
- Sydney (NSW SI56-05)
- England
- Time Coverage:
- 1796
- Other authors/contributors:
- Phillips, Mr
- Exhibited:
- Exhibited: "Songs of Home and Distant Isles" - Sydney Living Museums, 10 August - 17 November 2019.
- Copyright:
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Out of Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 1883 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1813
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1796
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