Arabanoo lookout at Dobroyd Head
Harbourside headland lookout with sweeping views over North and South Heads, popular for whale watching.
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This guide to the Arabanoo lookout at Dobroyd Head in Sydney turns on New Year's Eve 1788, when two British officers seized an Eora man named Arabanoo near Manly Cove on Governor Phillip's orders, hoping forced contact might open communication between the two peoples. It follows his months in chains at the colony, the guards who watched him nightly, and how those who met him found a gentle, courteous man who liked bread and tea and refused rum. Listen from this lookout, gazing over the same waters where he was seized.
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