This despatch from Governor Macquarie (fifth Governor of the colony of New South Wales) to Earl Bathurst (Secretary of State for War and the Colonies) gives updates about the colony, reports the Governor's rules of 4 May 1816 (DOC3076) prohibiting Aboriginal people to be armed had been effective, reports his additional proclamations of 20 July (DOC3074) and 1 November 1816 succeeded in promoting peace between Aboriginal people and Europeans, and reports on the 28 December 1816 Friendly Meeting with Aboriginal people about the Native Institution.This is a transcript of the despatch.

Despatch from Governor Macquarie to Earl Bathurst dated 4 April 1817 in *Historical records of Australia*, Series 1. vol. 9 (January 1816 - December 1818), 340-360

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...

Hawkesbury Nepean and surrounds

The establishment of the colonial settlement of Bathurst on Wiradjuri country in 1815 and the expansion of the colony over the Bathurst Plains led to war between the Wiradjuri people and the colonisers in the 1820s. Bathurst and the neighbouring settlements were administered by Commandants, who tried various and unsuccessful...

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Despatch from Governor Macquarie to Earl Bathurst dated 4 April 1817 in Historical records of Australia, Series 1. vol. 9 (January 1816 - December 1818), 340-360

Hawkesbury Nepean and surrounds

Central Western NSW Conflict