This despatch from Governor Macquarie provides an update to Earl Bathurst regarding the administration and events of the colony, including information about Tasmania, Bathurst and Sydney.This is a transcript of the despatch.

Despatch from Governor Macquarie to Earl Bathurst dated 24 June 1815, in Historical Records of Australia, Series 1, Vol. 8 (July 1813 - December 1815) 553-576

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 24 June 1815, in Historical Records of Australia, Series 1, Vol. 8 (July 1813 - December 1815) 553-576

Central Western NSW Conflict