14th of November 1792 Magistrate Richard Atkins explored the Nepean River and went north to what is now Pugh’s lagoon. February 1794 Grose ordered muskets for the Hawkesbury April 1794 Settlement commenced officially with 22 grants. Aboriginal people gathered around farms and fired on. One Aboriginal man killed. 1 killed May 1794 Aboriginal people attempted to direct settlers southwards. August 1794 There were seventy settlers on Hawkesbury. A road was cut through to the Hawkesbury. August 1794 Aboriginal lad shot by Robert Forrester on Argyle Reach. 1 killed September 1794 Aboriginal people sought revenge, settler houses were plundered. Shadrack and Akers, settlers upstream of Forrester were wounded in an attack. This may have been a case of mistaken identity. Seven or eight Aboriginal people were killed in a settler reprisal raid. Children taken after parents killed. John Wilson living with Aboriginal people. 7-8 killed and children taken. 2 wounded October 1794 Three grants of 90 acres. John Macarthur carried out a perfunctory examination into killing of Aboriginal lad by Robert Forrester on his farm. November 1794 64 grantees received 1920 acres between them on the Hawkesbury. December 1794 8 grantees received a total of 240 acres. In 1794 there were 75 grants of 2250 acres. Joseph Burdett killed on junction of South Creek and East Creek in late 1794. 1 killed. January 1795 Early in the new year officers of the NSW Corps visited the Hawkesbury, probably exploring the real estate potential of the area. January 1795 Atkin referred to the use of Aboriginal lads to assist farmers prepare ground for crops as slavery. February 1795 Store house built, Serjant Goodall and six/ten privates sent to Hawkesbury to disperse natives.
8th October 1816 Because of an accident on the River, the five parties were reduced to four. 19th October 1816 Memorial to Governor Macquarie asking for assistance from John, Andrew and James Mc Dougall. Certified to need of protection against natives in Hawkesbury district (Reel 6046; 4/1736 pp.140-2) 30th October 1816 Payment to Cox for military parties and guides. 1st November 1816 Daniel Mow-watty hanged for rape. 1 executed after trial. 2nd November 1816 Macquarie brought hostilities to an end. 2nd November 1816 Circular re publicising of proclamation concerning treatment of Aborigines (Reel 6005; 4/3495 p.245) 2nd November 1816 Proclamation, amnesty for ten Aborigines providing they came in to make their peace with Macquarie. 5th November 1816 Macquarie visited Bungaree giving him presents. 6th November 1816 Magistrate Cox sent a memorandum recommending rewards for Johnston, William Carver (junior), William Stubbs (junior), Joseph McLaughlin, William McFadden and John Tye. William Stubbs received a 60 acre grant for his prompt assistance to the police and aid in pursuit of the black natives at the time of the eruption and disturbance in 1816, Windsor and Richmond Gazette, 6th July 1889. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/72559770 15th November 1816 Magistrate Cox wrote to Governor Macquarie telling him that Mary Mary had offered a daughter of mixed parentage for the native Institution. He also told the governor that the Creek Natives were afraid of punishment from those down the River and the Kissing Point mob. 16th November 1816 Jemmy Monday, Kitten, Jack, Pamborah and Pinboya released from gaol. Jubbinguy remained imprisoned. 16th December 1816 Further rewards for Serjeant Broadfoot.
heading for the Kurrajong hills. July 1891 Two Aborigines carrying swags in George Street Windsor were mistaken for the Dora Dora Blacks. December 1891 The Sackville Reach cricket team beat the Agricultural College team. Barber, Aborigine, was a star of the Sackville Reach team. January 1892 Aboriginal person arrested for drunkenness. May 1892 Approximately 100 blankets distributed at Windsor Court House. 29th July 1893 The Good Old Days, a series of recollections began to appear in the Windsor and Richmond Gazette. The author, Yeldap, was almost certainly John Charles Lucas Fitzpatrick who founded and edited the Windsor and Richmond Gazette between 1888 and 1899. August 1894 John Henry Fleming died. June 1895 Eighty Five Aboriginal people turned up for the blanket distribution. Florrie Morgan committed suicide in the following week. January 1896 Mr J Jones, Salvation Army, arranged a sports day for Aboriginal people at Sackville Reach. January 1896 The Windsor and Richmond Gazette reported the contempt Ike Hopkins’ black boy, from ‘the Gulf” had for Jim Gospser’s boy ‘Sago” saying him only yaller phellah. January 1896 The editor of the Windsor and Richmond Gazette quoted from the 1810 translation of Lineaus’s Systema Naturæ to assert that Ethnologists are agreed that in their primitive estate savage men are found at the lowest known point of human development in the Australian wilderness. February 1896 The Mohawk Minstrels to be a star attraction at a benefit concert. March 1896 Mr. Jones of the Salvation Army organised a concert in connection with the local aborigines held in the Sacville