This letter from William Cox to George Ranken describes a meeting held by settlers in Bathurst to discuss approaches to the conflict with Aboriginal people in the area.

Letter from William Cox to George Ranken dated 21 July 1824, in Letters received by George Ranken and his wife, 1824-1844 at Bathurst, N.S.W., SLNSW, MLDoc 1244, 5-8

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 George Ranken dated 21 July 1824, in Letters received by George Ranken and his wife, 1824-1844 at Bathurst, N.S.W., SLNSW, MLDoc 1244, 5-8

Central Western NSW Conflict