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Bungaree, the showman, now exhibiting as the “first Australian”

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bungareeBungaree was apparently the first person to be called an Australian in print.

This colonial - and often controversial - figure circumnavigated Australia with Matthew Flinders in the sloop HMS Investigator from 1801 to 1803, acting as a mediator between English colonists and Aboriginal people.

Known for his intelligence, character, sense of humour and flamboyance, he often dressed in a succession of...

 

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