This letter from William Cox recounts happenings at Bathurst, including raids on cattle by Aboriginal people and the settlers' response.

Letter from William Cox to Colonial Secretary Goulburn dated 7 February 1822 in Colonial Secretary Papers, SRNSW [4/1798], 121

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 William Cox to Colonial Secretary Goulburn dated 7 February 1822 in Colonial Secretary Papers, SRNSW [4/1798], 121

Central Western NSW Conflict