Topics: Events: North West
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1823 - view
Two of the most promising native youths I have met with, are gone into the eternal world…One was the son of the renowned Ben-il-long
1823 - view
Parramatta Institution, was abandoned and moved to Blacktown
1824 - view
“Great Gathering” of tribes
1824 - view
The first grant, containing 1 million acres, was chosen by Mr Dawson, the original agent, in the neighbourhood of Port Stephens
1824 - view
This is when conflict is at its most intense. Although not considered as citizens, they are tried in Colonial courts under British law
1824 - view
Aboriginal men were arrested and sent to Sydney for trial for mainly unstipulated offences. They received sentences including incarceration in Sydney gaols or deportation to Van Diemen’s Land
1824 - view
Some were condemned to be hanged
1825 - view
I am every way disposed to give all possible facility to your pious endeavours for civilising the poor degraded natives of this country
1825 - view
The natives appear anxious for our settling out here
1825 - view
Biraban becomes Threlkeld’s principal assistant, and a friendship based on mutual respect and affection develops between the two men
1825 - view
Threlkeld to interpret in court cases involving Aboriginals
1825 - view
After killing two white men on Greig’s farm, the perpetrators together with other “Wallumbi Natives” including women return towards Richmond
1825 - view
The blacks assembled to fight, we employed them, and the waging of war was postponed
1825 - view
As the violent frontier pushes many of our mob north, some find Tingha a “safe haven”
1826 - view
Lowe is charged with the murder of Jacky Jacky. He stands trial in the Supreme Court. After a court case that centres on the legal status of Aboriginal victims
1826 - view
Outrages are committed by Natives in the District of Hunter’s River
1826 - view
Aboriginal men work gathering grapes on Glendon Estate during the nineteenth century
1826 - view
Aboriginal people living in the Hunter Valley and Hawkesbury-Hunter ranges are taking refuge in elevated hinterland areas
1826 - view
Another fringe landform that Aboriginal people occupy is the large swamps and wetlands that are prominent features of some intensely settled areas such as the Paterson Valley
1826 - view
pproximately two years after the “Bathurst Wars”, frontier clashes mount in the Hunter region