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Arabanoo
Indigenous Australian man forcibly abducted by European settlers to facilitate communication and relations between the Aborigines and the Europeans · Lived 1759 to 1789 · aged 30
Arabanoo was an Aboriginal Australian man of the Eora forcibly abducted on New Year's Eve 1788 by British colonists who arrived with the First Fleet at Port Jackson. His capture was organised to force communication and relations between the Aboriginal people and the British.
Arabanoo is read about 12 times a day, in 6 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 16 August 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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About this person
Governor Arthur Phillip came to esteem Arabanoo highly. He was the first Aboriginal Australian to live among Europeans.