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Despatch from Governor Macquarie to Earl Bathurst dated 18 March 1816 in Historical Records of Australia, Series 1. Vol. 9. (January 1816 - December 1818), 52-73.

Code: DOC3064Date: 18/3/1816Type: Executive Government

The document contains a despatch from Governor Macquarie (fifth Governor of the colony of New South Wales) to Earl Bathurst (Secretary of State for War and the Colonies) covering a number of updates on the affairs of the colony including about the Native Institution, violence between Aboriginal people and Europeans and the Governor's punitive policy towards Aboriginal people.

This is a transcript of the despatch.


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