Dictionary of Sydney

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Boorong

Daughter of Maugoran, a Burramattagal elder who moved to the river flats near Meadowbank. As a young girl in 1789, she was taken into the care of Reverend Richard Johnson and his wife Mary but left after 18 months. She was Bennelong's last wife and is the woman buried with him in his grave at Kissing Point.

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1777
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Abaroo
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Booron
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Borrong
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