This letter from William Lawson to Colonial Secretary Goulburn reports the alleged murder of one of Lawson's workers by Aboriginal people.

Letter from William Lawson to Colonial Secretary Goulburn dated 10 April 1822 in Colonial Secretary's Papers 1788-1825, SRNSW [4/1798] 135-137

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 Lawson to Colonial Secretary Goulburn dated 10 April 1822 in Colonial Secretary's Papers 1788-1825, SRNSW [4/1798] 135-137

Central Western NSW Conflict

Central Western NSW Conflict