 The variety of his interests may be suggested by the fact that he published in 1871 papers on "A Trip to Queensland in Search of Fossils" and on "The Introduction, Cultivation and Economic Uses of the Orange and Others of the Citron Tribe".Bennett was 84 years of age when he contributed the chapter on "Mammals" to the "Handbook of Sydney", prepared for the Sydney meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science held in 1888.The Royal Society of New South Wales awarded Bennett the Clarke memorial medal in 1890 for his valuable contributions to the natural history of Australia.