Broughton (Indigenous Australian)

Broughton (c.1798 – c.1850), whose traditional name was Toodwik or Toodwit, and who was also known as Broten and Billy Broughton, was an Indigenous Australian man of the Dharawal people from what is now called the Shoalhaven Region of New South Wales.

Broughton played a significant role in the early stages of British colonisation of coastal New South Wales as both a guide and intermediary for the colonists, and also as a representative for his own people.

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