This letter gives Lieutenant Simpson instructions for his role of Commandant at Wellington Valley

Letter from Colonial Secretary Goulburn to Lieutenant Percy Simpson dated 1 January 1823 in Colonial Secretary Papers 1788-1835, SRNSW [4/3507], 154-162

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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Letter from Colonial Secretary Goulburn to Lieutenant Percy Simpson dated 1 January 1823 in Colonial Secretary Papers 1788-1835, SRNSW [4/3507], 154-162

Central Western NSW Conflict