The Unlikely Story of Bennelong & Phillip

By: Michael Sedunary
Illustrated by: Bern Emmerichs
Genre: YN - Children's & teenage general non-fiction
Published by: Berbay Publishing
Published: 01 Feb 2015
ISBN: 9780980671186

Description

The book explores the extraordinary and improbable friendship between Bennelong, a local Aboriginal man, and Captain Arthur Phillip, who led the First Fleet and founded the settlement that became Sydney.

It is one of Australia's most important and fascinating stories, yet remains largely unknown to most people.