This letter from Commandant Simpson to Colonial Secretary Goulburn reports his early observations of the settlement at Wellington Valley.

Letter from Commandant Percy Simpson to Colonial Secretary Goulburn dated 1 March 1823 in Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1825, SRNSW [4/1818], 51-52

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 Commandant Percy Simpson to Colonial Secretary Goulburn dated 1 March 1823 in Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1825, SRNSW [4/1818], 51-52

Central Western NSW Conflict