Woden Town Park

The park adjacent to it was renamed ‘Arabanoo’ after a member of a northern harbour clan, in the region we now call Sydney. Arabanoo, who was captured at Manly on 31 December 1788 by order of Governor Phillip, worked as an intermediary to improve relations between the Aboriginal people and the colonists. Arabanoo helped care for the local Aboriginal community during a smallpox epidemic until he died of the disease on or about 18 May 1789.