Arabanoo dies of smallpox, which he calls…

1789 CE

Arabanoo dies of smallpox, which he calls galgalla, on May 18, 1789, after only six months among the settlers.

He is buried in the garden of the government building.

Colonel David Collins will say his death was "to the great regret of everyone who had witnessed how little of the savage was found in his manner, and how quickly he was substituting in its place a docile, affable, and truly amiable deportment".

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