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1793 - North West - view
They spear and kill a white man
1795 - North West - view
party of settlers in the Sackville Reach region is driven back by intense Aboriginal attack
1795 - North West - view
By 1799 barracks are built and housing for the commanding officer of the military
1797 - North Coastal - view
James
Webb, a ship builder on the Hawkesbury
River, sails a new boat with his crew
to Sydney with
a load of corn. They are drifting peacefully down the river when they come upon
a party of Koories who were friendly and unarmed in their canoes. The Koories
board the boat, and begin inspecting the rigging and masts. James Webb watches
suspiciously and calls one of his crewmen to position himself near the muskets
and shoot. Webb and his mate fire point blank at the Aboriginal men. Four are
shot and the rest jump into their canoes and paddle away out of range of the
guns. The Koorie bodies are pushed overboard. (Swancott 1967, p. 25)
1799 - North West - view
The first incident of Europeans being tried for murdering Aborigines takes place following the murders of two teenage Aboriginal boys in the Hawkesbury district