Transcript of the letter in Michael Organ, *A documentary history of the Illawarra and South Coast Aborigines 1770 – 1850* pages 60-62 

Charles Throsby to D’arcy Wentworth, 5 April 1816 in Michael Organ, 'Illawarra and South Coast Aborigines 1770 - 1850' (Aboriginal Education Unit, Wollongong University, 1990)

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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Charles Throsby to D’arcy Wentworth, 5 April 1816 in Michael Organ, 'Illawarra and South Coast Aborigines 1770 - 1850' (Aboriginal Education Unit, Wollongong University, 1990)

Hawkesbury Nepean and surrounds