32-577: Boorong (c.1777 – c.1813), also known as Booron or Abaroo , was a Burramattagal woman who was the first female Indigenous Australian to establish significant relations with the British colonists of Australia. She was also the first Indigenous Australian to be instructed in Christianity . As a child, she learnt English and became an important interpreter between the Eora people of Port Jackson and
64-418: A daring raid on Parramatta , where he was severely wounded and fled. His band was accused of killing four settlers and falsely accused of raping women. The government issued orders for his capture, dead or alive. He was killed by two settlers in 1802, and his head was severed, pickled and dispatched by King to Sir Joseph Banks . To date Pemulwuy's head has not been returned and he has not had a proper burial. It
96-497: A captured Cammeraygal man named Arabanoo . Although Arabanoo later died of smallpox, Boorong survived and was placed in the care of the settlement's chaplain Reverend Richard Johnson and his wife Mary. Another Indigenous smallpox survivor, a boy named Nanbaree , had also been obtained by the British at the colony. Boorong and Nanbaree were taught English and were soon used to help the British communicate with
128-680: A group of around 100 Eora survivors known as the "Kissing Point tribe" on the north side of the Parramatta River, near what is now known as the suburb of Putney . Around 1803 they had a son, called Dickey, who was baptized and given the English name of Thomas Walter Coke by the Reverend William Walker. Dickey was briefly married to an Aboriginal girl named Maria Lock , but they had no children. Boorong died sometime around 1813 when her husband Bennelong passed away. She
160-526: A motion, opposed by some councillors, to begin a process to consider changing the name "Blacktown". An online petition was launched calling for the recognition of the Dharug people in 2012. In 2020, the Hills Shire Council , whose local government area covers Dharug land, caused controversy by rejecting requests to include an Acknowledgement of Country at its meetings. The Hills Shire Council
192-583: A single language. The word myall , a pejorative word in Australian dialect denoting any Aboriginal person who kept up a traditional way of life, originally came from the Dharug language term mayal , which denoted any person hailing from another tribe. Norman Tindale reckoned Dharug lands as encompassing 2,300 square miles (6,000 km ), taking in the mouth of the Hawkesbury River , and running inland as far as Mount Victoria . It took in
224-516: A warning. In 1801, Governor King ordered troops to patrol farms on the Georges River and shoot any Dharug on sight. The guerrilla was so effective that in 1816 Governor Macquarie forbade Aboriginals to carry any weapons within two kilometres of a house or a town or to congregate in groups bigger than six. He also authorised settlers to establish vigilante groups and the creation of three new military outposts. A group led by Pemulwuy made
256-576: Is 'lost' in the British Museum in London. Pemulwuy's son, Tedbury , raided farms until 1810. Another famous raider was Mosquito . He led a group for two decades, until he was captured and hanged in Van Diemen's land in 1823. Smallpox , introduced in 1789 by the British, wiped out up to 90% of the population in some areas. They lived in the natural caves and overhangs in the sandstone of
288-492: Is buried alongside Bennelong and Nanbaree in a grave which is located under a residential housing lot at 25 Watson Street, Putney . The Government of New South Wales purchased the property in 2018 with the aim of developing it into a place of commemoration. Burramattagal The Dharug or Darug people, are an Aboriginal Australian people, who share ties of kinship and, in pre-colonial times, lived as hunters in family groups or clans, scattered throughout much of what
320-438: Is located beyond the suburb's northwestern boundary. Putney's facilities include a primary school, post office, sporting fields, parks, a shopping area and a few restaurants. Putney is also home to St Chad's Anglican Church, Delange Road, which was founded in 1912 and whose building is of historical significance. It is named after St Chad of Mercia , who lived in the 7th century and was abbot of several monasteries, as well as
352-936: Is modern-day Sydney . The Dharug were bounded by the Awabakal to the north of Broken Bay, the Darkinjung to the northwest, the Wiradjuri to the west on the eastern fringe of the Blue Mountains , the Gandangara to the southwest in the Southern Highlands , and the Tharawal to the southeast in the Illawarra area. The Dharug language , now in a period of revitalization, is generally considered one of two dialects, inland and coastal, constituting
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#1732775846079384-701: Is named after Archibald Morrison , a soldier who received a land grant in 1795 of 55 acres. One of the colony's wealthiest settlers, Captain William Raven , owned 100 acres that ran between Glades Bay to Morrisons Bay. The land was subdivided in 1887. Named after Lord Alfred Tennyson , the Tennyson Estate was promoted as having front seat views to the Championship rowing course. Two world Champion rowers, Beach (1884) and Kemp (1887) have streets named after them. The Eastern side of Morrison's Bay
416-526: Is now Ryde , eight kilometres downstream along the Parramatta River . Her father later 'expressed great dissatisfaction at the number of white men who had settled in their former territories'. Phillip reported that 'the natives were very angry at so many people being sent to Rose Hill, certain it is that wherever our colonists fix themselves, the natives are obliged to leave that part of the country'. Phillip reacted to Maugoran's protest by reinforcing
448-544: Is the City of Ryde . Evidence of the Walumedegal clan remains around Morrisons Bay and Glades Bay, with 4 distinct sites including shelters amongst the sandstone overhangs, open rock engraving site, sheltered stencil (art site) and an axe grinding site. The area of Putney and Ryde was originally known Eastern Farms and then as Kissing Point by the British colonists. It was one of the first areas of British settlement in
480-472: Is the only Sydney local council that does not include an Acknowledgement of Country at its meetings. Source: Tindale 1974 , p. 193 Putney, New South Wales Putney is a suburb of Northern Sydney , New South Wales , Australia . It is located 14 kilometres (9 mi) north-west of the Sydney central business district on the northern bank of the Parramatta River . Its local government area
512-460: The 1880s the river was a focus for thousands watching the world championship sculling races. The course ran between Kissing Point and Uhr's Point (south east side of Ryde Bridge ). The local addiction to sculling fever was called "water on the brain". World Championships were contested on the course, results eagerly awaited in both Britain and America. Men and women alike discussed water conditions, racing times, and technicalities of boats. Most of
544-650: The British in the early years of colonisation . In adulthood, Boorong was the third wife of Bennelong and is buried with him near Kissing Point, New South Wales . Boorong was born into the Burramattagal clan of the Eora people whose country was located around what is now known as Parramatta . Her father was Maugoran and her mother Gooroobera. She had two brothers; Ballooderry and Yeranibi. Her father later married another woman named Tadyera and they had two children; Bidgee Bidgee and Warreweer Wogul Mi, these being Boorong's half-brother and half-sister. Boorong's name
576-594: The Hawksbury region, although some did choose to make huts out of bark, sticks and branches. A strong centre of cultural attachment for the Dharug people has been the "Blacks Town" (at the modern suburb of Colebee ) in the Blacktown local government area. However, in September 2012 the City of Blacktown decided to cease recognising the Dharug people as the traditional owners of the area. The council also passed
608-596: The North Coast timber country, from shipyards and fishing fleets, they flocked to the old river as the gladiators flocked to Rome in the last days of the Empire." A punt service was established before 1896, crossing the river between Putney Point and Mortlake Point . This service was driven by hand. A cable ferry was opened in 1928, and was officially called the Mortlake Ferry . It is the last surviving punt in
640-843: The Sydney metropolitan area. In 1943, during World War II , Slazengers (Australia) Pty Ltd established a ship building yard on Pellisier Road, Putney. The company manufactured wartime equipment for the United States Army and the Australian Government. During the war, the Putney shipyard built scows and landing craft; however Slazengers also built military huts, houses for munition workers, military canteens, hospitals, small arms, ammunition boxes and gas masks. Ship contracts included trawlers, tugboats, landing craft, life boats, scows and high speed work boats. Morrisons Bay
672-528: The areas around Campbelltown , Liverpool , Camden , Penrith and Windsor . Traditionally, there was a cultural divide between the inland Dharug and the coastal Dharug, katungal or "sea people". The latter built canoes , and their diet was primarily seafood, including fish and shellfish from Sydney Harbour , Botany Bay and their associated rivers. The inland Dharug were paiendra or tool people. They hunted kangaroos , emus and other land animals, and used stone axes more extensively. The Dharug nation
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#1732775846079704-405: The champions trained at Ryde. Local, national, and international races were held on the Parramatta River. Inter-varsity and GPS schools also had their annual regattas on the river between 1893–1935. Banjo Paterson recalled; "from twenty-five to thirty men could be seen on any fine morning swinging along in their sculls at practice – and such men! From riverside farms, and from axe men's camps in
736-694: The colony to reside with her relatives. She returned to the British after only a few weeks when she was chastised by her family for not accepting Yemmerrawanne as a partner. While living with Reverend Johnson, Boorong was taught the Lord’s Prayer and was introduced to the Bible as both a text for lessons in English and for religious instruction. She was the first documented Indigenous Australian to become familiarised with Christian ideology. By 1791, Boorong, along with Nanbaree, had acquired enough proficiency in bilingual skills to open new lines of communication with
768-520: The colony. One of the earliest settlers within the present day suburb was the brewer James Squire who settled there in 1792. He established his brewery the Malt Shovel near the present day Kissing Point. The eastern section of Putney was part of a land grant to Nicholas Bayly in 1799. The land was later sold to Eugene Delange who subdivided the land calling it the Village of Eugenie. The name
800-456: The local Eora people. As a result, increasing numbers of Aboriginal people came into the British settlement to interact. Boorong though ultimately rejected the British way of life and was not converted to Christianity. She returned to a semi-traditional way of life with other surviving Eora people. By 1797, she had married Bennelong, becoming his third wife after Barangaroo had died a few years previously. Boorong and Bennelong lived together with
832-417: The settlers were barriers to the river and to the food supply of the Dharug people, who were rightly upset by this invasion. The Dharug who crossed the farms to pick up corn were killed by the settlers, so they organized raids to burn the crops. The conflict scaled and in 1795 the government provided troops to protect the farms. The bodies of any Dharug killed were to be put in iron gibbets and hung from trees as
864-399: The surviving Eora people living around the harbour. When the British abducted Bennelong and Colebe from Manly Cove and brought them to the settlement, Boorong and Nanbaree assisted in interpreting for them. In 1790, British officers used Boorong to try and convince Bennelong's wife, Barangaroo , to come and live at the settlement. However, Barangaroo ended up convincing Boorong to leave
896-494: The troops at Rose Hill. In April 1789, a smallpox epidemic ripped through the Aboriginal population around the British outpost at Port Jackson. Around half of the local Indigenous population perished. A few of those suffering from the disease were brought into the convict settlement at Sydney Cove . One of these was Boorong, who was around 12 years old at the time. She was cared for by the colony's surgeon Dr John White and
928-457: Was a textile mill, the Head of bay is a reclaimed mangrove flat and River baths were established 1918. Putney is served by Busways route 507, which travels between Gladesville and Meadowbank wharf . The Kissing Point ferry wharf , located in the suburb, provides access to the Parramatta River ferry services , with a 40-minute ferry service to Circular Quay . Meadowbank railway station
960-442: Was derived from the word meaning "star". Boorong's family were exiled from their land when Governor Arthur Phillip ordered a military post be established at Rose Hill in late 1788. A detachment of Royal Marines under Lieutenant George Johnston occupied Rose Hill on 2 November 1788 and built an earthwork fort in what is now Parramatta Park . Boorong and her family were forced to migrate into Wallumedegal country around what
992-408: Was divided up into a number of woodland clans who each tended to live in a certain geographic area. This area would also house descendant clans. Each clan typically included 50 to 100 people. According to James Kohen, the clans numbered 15, but more accurate records highlight 29 clans: By the late 1790s , the Hawkesbury River area was claimed by more than 400 British settlers. The farms made by
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1024-729: Was later changed to Putney, derived from its namesake Putney on the River Thames in London . Parramatta River had been known as the 'Thames of the Antipodes ' and other nearby suburbs were also named after Thames localities of Greenwich , Woolwich and Henley . Putney was also the midpoint for watching World Championship rowing races from the 1880s to 1930s. The first regatta was held in 1847 at Kissing Point . The following decade, Sydneysiders were mad about rowing, and lucrative prizes were given to local and national championships. By
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