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Name	Arabanoo (c. 1759–1789)
Alternative Names	Araboonoo Arooboonen Arooboonoo Harrabanu
Born	c. 1759 New South Wales, Australia
Died	18 May, 1789 (aged ~ 30) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	smallpox
Cultural Heritage	Indigenous Australian Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Ball, Henry Lidgbird (acquaintance) Collins, David (acquaintance) Tench, Watkin (acquaintance) Dawes, William (collaborator) Dark, Eleanor (author) Bennelong (related entry) Phillip, Arthur (captor)
Occupation or Descriptor *	Indigenous culture informant (1788-1789) New South Wales, Australia Indigenous messenger/mediator (1788-1789) New South Wales, Australia
Legacies *	Arabanoo Before and After School Centre (Sydney) (eponym) Arabanoo Creek (Kanangra-Boyd National Park, NSW) (eponym) Arabanoo Crescent (Ngunnawal, ACT) (eponym) Arabanoo lookout (Sydney Harbour National Park) (eponym) Arabanoo Park (Woden, ACT) (eponym) Arabanoo Street (Seaforth, Sydney) (eponym)

* Dates are approximate