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1801 - North West - view
surviving Aboriginal girls. She establishes a Sydney schoolhouse for them
1803 - North West - view
A settler from Portland Head on the Hawkesbury River presents a petition signed by many settlers to Governor King requesting permission to shoot any natives on their farms
1804 - North West - view
Land grants are issued at the confluence of the Colo and Hawkesbury River during the early 1800s
1804 - North West - view
Troops are sent into the valley to subdue those Aborigines who fight to defend their land and families: spears against rifles is a complete mismatch
1804 - North West - view
a company of troops sent from Sydney on a punitive expedition kill “not less than 400 blacks” in the Hawkesbury Valley
1804 - North West - view
stop the attacks along the Hawkesbury
1804 - North West - view
they do not want “to be driven from the few places that were left on the banks of river, where alone they could procure food
1804 - North West - view
King promises that no settlements will be made LOWER down the river
1804 - South Coastal - view
His head is cut off
1804 - North Coastal - view
Newspaper Sydney Gazette reports Aboriginal people on a beach saving crew from the sinking ship Speedwell near Lion Island. “The very humane, friendly and precautionary conduct of an ancient native … would reflect the highest credit to a polished member of civilized society”. ( Sydney Gazette )
1805 - North West - view
Six Aboriginal men from Newcastle are taken to Sydney to meet Governor King