The significant role played by Indigenous historical figures Bennelong and his wife Barangaroo in the first decades of European settlement has been recognised with the unveiling of bronze statues in Sydney.
SBS NewsThe busts, which frame the door at St Patrick’s Church in The Rocks, were unveiled by NSW Governor Margaret Beazley who urged Australians to gain a greater understanding of their achievements.
"It was a very emotional time for me, but happy to see my ancestors of Eora nation being acknowledged. It makes me very proud indeed." In recent years, some of the statues have been vandalised as Black Lives Matter protests erupted in Australia and overseas.She added: "They connect us spiritually [and it sends a message] that our culture is not something of the past. It is something that is very much of the present and the future.
"It is a reminder to everyone who comes here that they [Bennelong and Barangaroo] are not an addendum, an afterthought," he told SBS News.
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