This Gazette contains a proclamation from Governor Macquarie dated 2 November 1816 ordering the cessation of all hostile operations against Aboriginal people and revoking the earlier proclamation dated 20 July 1816 that declared ten Aboriginal people to be outlawed.A copy of this proclamation is also available at DOC3075.

'Proclamation by Governor Macquarie', The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, No 676 (2 November 1816), 1

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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'Proclamation by Governor Macquarie', The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, No 676 (2 November 1816), 1

Hawkesbury Nepean and surrounds