Editing Bennelong (section)

== Family ==
Bennelong had several wives. The first, whose name is not known, died prior to his capture, probably from [[smallpox]] in 1789.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Keith Vincent |author-link=Keith Vincent Smith |date=2013 |title=Woollarawarre Bennelong |url=https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/woollarawarre_bennelong |access-date=30 November 2024 |work=[[Dictionary of Sydney]] |ref=none}}</ref> He then married the widowed [[Cammeraygal|Cammeray]] clanswoman [[Barangaroo]].<ref name="Dark" />{{sfn|Anon.|n.d.}}<ref name=":0" /> Their daughter Dilboong died in infancy.<ref name="Dark" /> Upon Barangaroo's death in 1791, Bennelong cremated her remains in Arthur Phillip's garden.<ref name=":0" /> Bennelong then abducted and took up with a [[Gweagal]] woman, Kurubarabulu. They stayed together a year until his departure for England.<ref name="Dark" />{{sfn|Anon.|n.d.}} On his return, she had found another mate.<ref name="Dark" /> Bennelong had a son named Dickey with his final wife, [[Boorong]]. Dickey was adopted by Anglican priest William Walker and christened as Thomas Walter Coke.<ref name="Dark" />{{sfn|Anon.|n.d.}} Boorong was later buried with Bennelong when they had both died.{{sfn|Smith|2009|pp=16–18}}