This webpage contains a transcript of the Diary of Governor Lachlan Macquarie from 10 April 1816 - 27 April 1816.

'The Governor's Diary & Memorandum Book Commencing on and from Wednesday the 10th Day of April 1816', Lachlan & Elizabeth Macquarie Archive (Web page, 10 April 1816)

After a period of relative peace, raids and violence on and around the Hawkesbury Nepean River escalated again from 1814. Initially, Governor Macquarie ordered settlers to treat Aboriginal people ‘in every respect as Europeans’. However by 1816, with attacks increasing, Governor Macquarie commenced ‘the largest military campaign the colony had...

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'The Governor's Diary & Memorandum Book Commencing on and from Wednesday the 10th Day of April 1816', Lachlan & Elizabeth Macquarie Archive (Web page, 10 April 1816)

Hawkesbury Nepean and surrounds