So many Australian place names honour murderous white men and their violent acts
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Long before the Dutch or British came, the land resounded with stories that charted the sky, the beasts and all the humans
From Bennelong’s place at Kissing Point I take the ferry back downriver and into the wind towards the point, now adorned with the opera house, that bears his name. It’s where the first governor, Arthur Phillip, built Bennelong a small hut in which he lived, periodically, before opting in later years for a more traditional life.