page_title: Bungaree
hierarchical_section_title: Bungaree
context_page_description: Bungaree, or Boongaree, was an Aboriginal Australian from the Kuringgai people of the Broken Bay area north of Sydney, who was known as an explorer, entertainer, and Aboriginal community leader. He is also significant in that he was the first person to be recorded in print as an Australian, and the first Australian to circumnavigate the continent.
context_section_description: Bungaree, or Boongaree (1775 – 24 November 1830), was an Aboriginal Australian from the Kuringgai people of the Broken Bay area north of Sydney, who was known as an explorer, entertainer, and Aboriginal community leader. He is also significant in that he was the first person to be recorded in print as an Australian, and the first Australian to circumnavigate the continent.
caption: Bungaree by Augustus Earle (1826)
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