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As a Bicentennial Project, the Archives Authority indexed and published on microform,
the surviving Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1825. The Index entries provide a
short summary of each document in chronological order under each heading. The summary is
followed by microfilm reel or microfiche numbers, reference numbers and page numbers.
The following is an extract from the Index to the Colonial Secretary's Papers for the
subject headings: `Aborigines', `Bathurst, Magistrates', `Canoes' and `Parramatta, Native
Institution'.
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|
| 1796 |
|
| February 22 |
Government & General Order re
settlers to give mutual assistance re attacks by; white men with; assistance by settlers
to Aborigines prohibited (Reel 6037; ML Safe 1/18b) |
| 1797 |
|
| May 13 |
Public notice requiring deserters,
believed to have joined with natives to commit depredations upon settlers, to surrender
within fourteen days or be liable to immediate execution without trial (Reel 6037; ML Safe
1/18b) |
| November 24 |
Government and General Order re white
men living with (Reel 6037; ML Safe 1/18b) |
| 1801 |
|
| May 1-June 30 1802 |
Due to hostile acts by Aborigines in
Parramatta, Georges River & Prospect Hill area, settlers ordered to drive Aborigines
in those districts away by firing at them (Reel 6037; SZ988 pp.5-7 & SZ989 pp.76-7) |
| 1802 |
|
| June 30 |
Proclamation re conciliatory treatment
of Aborigines (Reel 6037; SZ989 pp.78-9) |
| October 25 |
Vagabonds instigating natives to
violence (Reel 6037; SZ988 p.80) |
| November 22 |
Re measures to be taken against
Aborigines in Georges River district (Reel 6037; SZ988 pp.87-9) |
| 1805 |
|
| August 18 |
Re committal of Bull Dog and Musquito
to Norfolk Island (Reel 6040; ML Safe 1/51 p.41) |
| 1807 |
Memo from Governor King to Governor
Bligh re the natives (Fiche 3312; 5/3822.6A pp.30-1) |
| 1810 |
|
| November 6 |
Re hostility of natives towards
soldiers passing between Port Dalrymple and Hobart; need to reach an understanding (Reel
6003; 4/3490A p.130) |
| 1814 |
|
| June 11 |
To Bent re investigation of murder of
woman and children by soldier of 73rd Regiment (Reel 6004; 4/3493 p.187) |
| June 18 |
Re conflicts between settlers of
Bringelly, Airds and Appin and natives of the mountains adjoining those districts (Reel
6038; SZ758 pp.501-5) |
| July 21 |
Party of twelve Europeans and four
natives to form an expedition against hostile natives (Reel 6044; 4/1730 pp.213-6) |
| July 22 |
Expedition against five natives
believed to have murdered settlers (Reel 6044; 4/1730 pp.218-23) |
|
Masters of men chosen to join
expedition against natives to release them immediately (Reel 6044; 4/1730 pp.224-30) |
|
List of four friendly natives and
twelve Europeans to accompany John Warbey and John Jackson on an expedition in pursuit of
hostile natives (Reel 6044; 4/1730 pp.231-2) |
| August 17 |
Re permission for Mosquito to return to
Sydney from Van Diemen's Land (Reel 6004; 4/3493 p.251) |
| December 10 |
General Order establishing Native
Institution at Parramatta (Reel 6038, SZ759 pp.11-14; Reel 6039, SZ756 pp.599-602; Reel
6045, 4/1735 p.24 [part only]) |
|
Notice of meeting of Governor,
Committee and Aborigines re establishment of Native Institution (Reel 6038; SZ759
pp.14-15) |
|
Establishment of school for Aboriginal
children at Parramatta; also portion of land to be set aside for instruction of adult
Aborigines in agriculture (Reel 6044; 4/1730 pp.341-5) |
| December 14 |
Circular to magistrate re Native
Institution and assemblage at Parramatta (Reel 6004; 4/3493 p.395) |
| December 31-January 2 1819 |
On returns of horned cattle issued from
the Government Herds between 8 May 1814 & 9 Jan 1819 (Reel 6048; 4/1742 p.55) |
| 1815 |
|
| December 4 |
Approval of establishment of Native
Institution (Reel 6045; 4/1733 pp.115-6) |
| December 29 |
Huts of John Blaxland's servants
plundered and their lives threatened by body of 150 natives; request for relief (Reel
6045; 4/1733 pp.128-9). |
|
Reply, 29 December (Reel 6004; 4/3494
p.298) |
| 1816 |
|
| circa April |
List and memorandum re Aborigines in
the Richmond District (Reel 6065; 4/1798 pp.49-50) |
| April |
Lists of hostile natives (Reel 6065;
4/1798 pp.43-4) |
|
List of white and black guides employed
with Captains Schaw and Wallis (Reel 6065; 4/1798 p.45) |
|
List of guides to accompany Captains
Schaw's and Wallis' and Lieutenant Dawe's detachments on expeditions against hostile
natives (Reel 6065; 4/1798 p.47) |
| April 9 |
Twelve boys and six girls to be
selected from prisoners of war of a punitive expedition and sent to Native Institution
(Reel 6045; 4/1734 p.164) |
|
Circular to magistrates re action to be
taken against Aborigines in various districts for cruelties and excesses committed (Reel
6004; 4/3494 pp.448-9) |
|
Instructions for Captain W G B Schaw,
commanding a detachment of the 46th Regiment, to proceed into the interior to apprehend
and punish Aborigines guilty of outrages near the Nepean, Hawkesbury and Grose Rivers
(Reel 6045; 4/1734 pp.149-68) |
|
Punitive expedition against hostile
natives to be carried out by Captain W G B Schaw, Captain Wallis and Lieutenant Dawe (Reel
6045; 4/1735 pp.1-13) |
| April 22 |
Instructions by Governor Macquarie re
hostile Aborigines at Bathurst (Reel 6065; 4/1798 pp.35-7) |
| April 30 |
Detachments of 46th Regiment to return
from expedition against hostile natives (Reel 6045; 4/1735 pp.20-1) |
| May |
Report of expedition of detachment of
46th Regiment against hostile natives in the Cowpastures district (Reel 6045; 4/1735
pp.29-32) |
| May 4 |
Proclamation of Macquarie to counter
hostile actions of Aborigines; forbidden to carry offensive weapons; providing for
permanent settlement and land grants; passes; education and annual feast day (Reel 6039,
SZ756 pp.602-7; Reel 6038, SZ1044 pp.218-25; Reel 6045, 4/1735 pp.22-3 [part only]) |
| May 7 |
Hire of horse, cart and man by
Lieutenant A G Parker during expedition against hostile natives (Reel 6045; 4/1735
pp.42-3) |
| May 8 |
Report on expedition of detachment of
46th Regiment against hostile natives in the Nepean, Hawkesbury and Grose valleys (Reel
6045; 4/1735 pp.33-41) |
|
Expedition to be made against hostile
natives in the Bringelly district by Sergeant R Broadfoot commanding detachment of 46th
Regiment (Reel 6045; 4/1735 pp.44-9) |
| May 9 |
Account of expedition against hostile
natives by Captain J Wallis; also report by Lieutenant A G Parker of his activities in the
expedition (Reel 6045; 4/1735 pp.50-62) |
|
Circular to magistrates transmitting
proclamation re Aboriginal hostilities (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.483) |
| May 23 |
Report of expedition against hostile
natives (Reel 6045; 4/1735 pp.72-3) |
| July 20 |
Proclamation of state of outlawry of
ten natives (Reel 6038; SZ1044 pp.226-31) |
| July 30 |
General Order re depredations of a
black native known as Dewal or Dual and his exile to Port Dalrymple (Reel 6038; SZ759
pp.232-3) |
| October 19 |
Settlers unable to live on farms in
Hawkesbury district owing to hostility of natives (Reel 6046; 4/1736 pp.140-2) |
| November 1 |
Proclamation revoking and annulling
hostile operations against Aborigines (Reel 6038; SZ1044 pp.232-4) |
| December |
Listing committee members of the
Institution for Civilization, Care and Education of Aborigines or Black Natives of New
South Wales (Reel 6046; 4/1736 p.42) |
| December 21 |
Public Notice re proclamation of
Natives Feast Day (Reel 6038; SZ759 p.299) |
| 1817 |
Encounters with Aborigines during John
Oxley's expedition to trace courses of Lachlan & Macquarie Rivers (Fiche 3277, SZ1047
pp.7, 18-9; Fiche 3278, SZ1048 pp.134-5, 184-6, 188-9, 207) |
| 1817-18 |
|
|
Bungaree, Port Jackson Aborigine,
accompanied P P King on his voyage to survey north and northwest coasts of Australia (Reel
6034; SZ7 pp.226-94) |
| April 25, July 21 |
Encounters with Aborigines in Western
New South Wales described by Allan Cunningham (Reel 6034; SZ7 pp.177-8, 323) |
| April 27 |
List of Aboriginal words & their
English equivalents compiled by John Oxley (Fiche 3277; SZ1047 pp.9-10) |
| July |
Descriptions of burial sites by John
Oxley (Fiche 3278; SZ1048 pp.125, 127, 156-8) |
| July 29, 30, August 14, 15 |
Description of grave site by Allan
Cunningham; includes sketch (Reel 6034; SZ7 pp.329-30, 338-9) |
| December 13 |
Notice re postponement of day of the
Annual Assembly of the chiefs and native tribes at Parramatta (Reel 6038; SZ759 p.417) |
| December 27 |
Notice re Governor meeting the native
chiefs and tribes at Parramatta on 1 Jan 1818; he would inspect the children at the Native
Institution at the same time (Reel 6038; SZ759 p.420) |
| 1818 |
|
|
Attacks by on the north coast (Reel
6068; 4/1814 p.50f[ix]) |
| January 8 |
Re accommodation and clothing for
Aboriginal girl, companion of Michael Howe, a bushranger in Van Diemen's Land (Reel 6005;
4/3497 p.294) |
| February-May |
Encounters with Aborigines on the north
and northwest coasts of Australia by Allan Cunningham & crew of Mermaid (Reel
6034; SZ7 pp.246-9, 258-60, 273, 282-3) |
| March 5, 6 |
Land marked out at Camden to be
assigned to group of Aborigines under protection of John McArthur (Fiche 3276; SZ1046
pp.4-5) |
| March 21 |
Re retention of Aboriginal girl,
companion of Michael Howe, at Sydney (Reel 6006; 4/3498 p.109) |
| June 13, 16 |
Encountered by Oxley on his journey
down the Macquarie River (Reel 6068; 4/1814 p.50c [vi-vii, ix-xi]) |
| November 1 |
Oxley reporting on attacks by
Aborigines near Port Stephens (Reel 6068; 4/1814 p.50e) |
| November 7 |
General Order prohibiting inhabitants
from giving spirits to Aborigines (Reel 6039, SZ756 p.185; Reel 6038, SZ759 pp.515-6; Reel
6047, 4/1741 pp.89-90) |
| December 19 |
Notice re Annual Conference with chiefs
and tribes of the natives at Parramatta (Reel 6038; SZ759 pp.546-7) |
| December 28 |
Account for disbursements made by Mr
Hassall for Native Annual Feast at Parramatta (Fiche 3303; 5/3821.2 pp.6-7) |
| 1819 |
|
| January 2 |
Cow issued at Parramatta from the
Government Herd for Aborigine Natives Annual Feast (Reel 6031; 4/7028A p.167) |
| January 13 |
Cattle donated for slaughter at native
feasts (Reel 6048; 4/1742 p.38) |
| January 25 |
A vocabulary of the language of
Macquarie Harbour tribe compiled by Allan Cunningham (Reel 6034; SZ7 p.xxxiv) |
|
Encounters with Aborigines at Macquarie
Harbour, Van Diemen's Land, by Allan Cunningham (Reel 6034; SZ7 pp.xxxiii-xxxv) |
| January 30 |
Re arrival of Duale in Sydney from Van
Diemen's Land per Sindbad (Reel 6006; 4/3499 p.296) |
| March 23 |
Captain Bernard granted permission to
take a native black boy to England (Reel 6006; 4/3500 p.51) |
| April 10 |
Two Aborigines, Mille and Warrell,
recommended for rewards (Reel 6020; 2/8130 pp.187-8) |
| May 31 |
Guides in Charles Throsby's expedition
of exploration rewarded (Reel 6038; SZ1044 p.50) |
| June, July |
Encounters by Allan Cunningham with
Aborigines on north east coast of Australia, including sketches and descriptions of their
canoes and shields (Reel 6034; SZ8 pp.26-9, 33, 37-8, 41) |
| August |
Sightings of by Cunningham (Reel 6034;
SZ8 pp.59, 62) |
| August 24 |
Seven natives paid from the Police Fund
as donation for apprehending bushrangers (Reel 6038; SZ1044 p.88) |
| September |
Re giving breast plates to Aborigines
who accompanied Charles Throsby on his expedition (Reel 6020; 2/8130 pp.238, 248) |
| November 22 |
Contract to build a house for
Narragingy, Chief of South Creek Tribe (Reel 6020; 2/8130 p.303) |
| December 4 |
Notice re Natives Annual Feast Day at
Parramatta (Reel 6038; SZ1044 p.122) |
| December 6 |
Petition re public meeting to extend
the work of the Native Institution on behalf of the Aborigines (Reel 6048; 4/1743
pp.164-8) |
|
Proposal for reservation of land as
settlement for the Aborigines where useful arts and religion could be taught (Reel 6048;
4/1743 pp.157-63) |
| December 28 |
Account for goods supplied to natives
(Reel 6048; 4/1743 pp.188-9) |
| 1820 |
|
| January 1-December 28 1822 |
Cattle issued for the Government Herds
for the Natives Feasts and to the Native Institution for the service of black natives
recently married in the Church at Parramatta (Reel 6031; 4/7028B p.16) |
| January 18 |
Plans for the improvement of the Native
Institution and for the education and civilization of the Aborigines (Reel 6049; 4/1744
pp.115-29) |
| July 21-2, 30 |
Encounters with Aborigines at Port
Bowen and Endeavour River by Allan Cunningham (Reel 6034; SZ8 pp.116-18, 121-2) |
| July 30 |
A vocabulary of the language of
Endeavour River tribe compiled by Allan Cunningham (Reel 6034; SZ8 p.122) |
| August 23 |
Crew of Mermaid attacked by
Aborigines at South Goulburn Island (Reel 6034; SZ8 p.135) |
| October |
Prisoners at Newcastle punished for
ill-treating Aborigines (Reel 6023; 4/1718 p.115) |
| October 3 |
Description of native huts at Careening
Bay, Port Nelson, by Allan Cunningham (Reel 6034; SZ8 p.158) |
| October 31, November 16 |
Burrigan, commonly called Jack, Chief
of a Newcastle Tribe, stabbed by John Kirby (Reel 6067; 4/1807 pp.135-7, 143, 150) |
| November 22-December 14 |
John Kirby convicted by Court of
Criminal Jurisdiction of murder of Burrigan, Chief of tribe at Newcastle (Reel 6023; X820
p.31) |
| 1821 |
|
| April |
Flathead, an Aborigine, punished at
Newcastle for stealing (Reel 6023; 4/1718 p.127) |
| June 22 |
Crew of Dick attacked by
Aborigines on Lizard Island (Reel 6034; SZ8 p.176) |
| June 23 |
Description by Allan Cunningham of rock
paintings at Cape Flinders (Reel 6034; SZ8 p.177) |
| August 2 |
Re Frederick Drennan's request for a
land grant to replace that taken to build huts for Aborigines at Paddy's Point (Reel 6051;
4/1748 pp.395-400) |
| August 6 |
Crew of Bathurst attacked by
Aborigines on north-west coast of Australia (Reel 6034; SZ8 p.186) |
| November 5-1822 July 8 |
Francis Allman, Commandant at Port
Macquarie. Correspondence re natives (Reel 6068; 4/1815 pp.35-6, 40, 43-6, 71, 93-4, 141) |
| November 12 |
Issue of blankets to as reward re
capture of runaways (Reel 6008; 4/3504A p.50) |
| December 8 |
Annual conference with chiefs and
tribes to be held at the Market Place, Parramatta (Reel 6039; 4/424 p.8) |
| December 15 |
Bernard Williams rewarded for erection
of native huts (Reel 6033; X827 p.25) |
|
Memorandum of articles to be ordered
for Native Feast to be held on 28 December 1821; Francis Oakes being steward (Reel 6052;
4/1751 pp.127-31) |
|
Feast for natives to be held at
Parramatta (Reel 6052; 4/1751 pp.127-31) |
| December 22; 1823 December 24 |
Supplies for Native Feast at Parramatta
(Reel 6008; 4/3504A pp.186-8; Reel 6012; 4/3510 pp.48, 50-51) |
| December 27; January 6 1822 |
Bartering between Aborigines of King
George Sound and crew of Bathurst (Reel 6034; SZ8 pp.205-6, 214) |
| December 29; December 28 1822 |
Stock slaughtered for Black Natives
Annual Feast in Parramatta (Reel 6033; X827 pp.29, 145) |
| 1822 |
|
|
Seth Hawker accused of shooting a black
native woman at the Five Islands (Reel 6054; 4/1758 pp.25-35) |
|
Request for appointment of a native
tracker, Bundle, as a constable at Minto (Reel 6054; 4/1757 p.185) |
| January 6 |
Comparative Table of languages spoken
by Aborigines at different parts of the coast, prepared by Allan Cunningham (Reel 6034;
SZ8 pp.215-7) |
| April, May |
Re the murder of an Aboriginal man and
woman at Five Islands, Illawarra (Reel 6054; 4/1758 pp.24-35a, 94-94b) |
| May 11 |
Cattle killed by Aborigines' native
dogs at Bathurst (Reel 6033; X827 p.67) |
| June 1-18 |
Seth Hawker tried by Court of Criminal
Jurisdiction for murder of female Aborigine at Illawarra (Reel 6023; X820 p.55) |
| June 3, July 2 |
Barnard Kearns applying for position of
Overseer of Aborigines at Georges Town so that he could train them in agriculture (Reel
6055; 4/1760 pp.104-5) |
| June 24 |
Recommending that Simeon replace Coleby
as constable (Reel 6055; 4/1760 p.139) |
| July |
Evidence of William Douglas re shooting
of a native at Port Macquarie (Reel 6068; 4/1815 pp.45, 93-4) |
|
Petition from Aborigines at Point Piper
for an allowance of clothing from the Store; recommended by John Piper (Reel 6052; 4/1753
p.159) |
| July 8, August 5 |
Re shooting of at Port Macquarie (Reel
6017; 4/5783 pp.103-8, 138) |
| July 13 |
Letter requesting rations for (Reel
6009; 4/3506 p.53) |
| July 28 |
Statement re the shooting of an
Aborigine near Port Macquarie (Reel 6017; 4/5783 pp.103-8) |
| August 3 |
Re those charged with murder of (Reel
6009; 4/3506 p.128) |
| August 6 |
Re transmission to Lieutenant Lawson,
Commandant Bathurst, of brass plates for the Aboriginal chiefs (Reel 6009; 4/3506 p.143) |
| December |
Two Aborigines tried for the murder of
MacDonald at Newcastle (Reel 6054; 4/1758 pp.145-6) |
| 1823 |
|
| March 1,7 |
Shooting of for stealing potatoes (Reel
6017; 4/5783 pp.204-7) |
| May 2 |
Cunningham re stature, physical
condition of Aborigines and possessions (Reel 6035; SZ15 pp.17-19) |
| May 2 |
Sketch of Bulda, a native of Eurambone
(Reel 6035; SZ15 p.112) |
| May 9 |
Burial mound of Aborigines (Reel 6035;
SZ15 pp.34, 122) |
| June 2 |
Re difficulty of subsistence & lack
of game as observed by Cunningham (Reel 6035; SZ16 pp.48-9) |
| August 11 |
William Howe wishes to appoint a black
native as constable in the Minto District (Reel 6058; 4/1769 pp.128-128a) |
| August 21-March 27 1824 |
Aborigines at Swallow Creek troublesome
and killing stock (Reel 6031; 4/7029A pp.47, 51, 66-7, 113) |
| August 30 |
Re reward of (Reel 6011; 4/3509 p.155) |
| September |
Re murder of a hut keeper by natives
(Reel 6065; 4/1798 p.261) |
| September-December |
Correspondence and depositions re
murder of stockmen by natives at Bathurst (Reel 6065; 4/1798 pp.261-2, 311-21, 327-31,
335-44, 373-4) |
| September 2 |
Evidence and verdict of an inquest held
before Thomas Hawkins at Bathurst Plains into the death of Peter Bray, believed to have
been killed by natives; concern expressed by Hawkins re possibility of retaliation (Reel
6017; 4/5783 pp.419-27) |
| October |
Re cattle killed by natives. Deposition
of Andrew Dunn (Reel 6065; 4/1798 pp.342-4) |
| October 12 |
William Lawson re steps to be taken
against hostile natives (Reel 6065; 4/1798 p.337) |
| November |
Re murders committed by natives. Letter
of Andrew Dunn (Reel 6065; 4/1798 pp.327-31) |
| November 26; April 1824 |
Abandonment of station at Swallow Creek
owing to hostile natives (Reel 6065; 4/1798 pp.315-7 & 4/1800 pp.27-35) |
| December 7 |
Relations with at Mudgee and Bathurst
(Reel 6017; 4/5783 pp.481-2) |
| December 22 |
William Lawson re soliciting friendship
of the natives (Reel 6065; 4/1798 pp.365-7) |
| 1824 |
|
|
Depositions re robbery by Aborigines at
Swallow Creek (Reel 6065; 4/1800 pp.29-35) |
| January 21 |
Ox slaughtered for Black Natives Annual
Feast at Parramatta (Reel 6033; X829 p.15) |
| January 24 |
Richard Beckley killed by natives at
Port Stephens (Reel 6067; 4/1810 p.21) |
| February |
Re assaults on Government stock (Reel
6065; 4/1799 p.5) |
| March 2 |
Quietness of at Bathurst (Reel 6012;
4/3510 p.416) |
| May 27-June 1 |
Correspondence and depositions re
murder of stockmen by natives at Bathurst (Reel 6065; 4/1799 pp.17-57) |
| June 3 |
Memorial by the stockholders of New
South Wales re violence committed by Aborigines at Bathurst (Reel 6065; 4/1799 pp.11-5) |
| June, November |
Re Aboriginal hostilities (Reel 6065;
4/1800 pp.77-80, 179) |
| June 22 |
Warrants re apprehension of Aborigines
accused of felonies (Reel 6065; 4/1800 pp.73-5) |
| July 1 |
Re murders committed by Aborigines at
Bathurst (Reel 6013; 4/3511 p.587) |
| July 16 |
Report of magistrates as to the best
mode of putting a stop to violence committed by Aborigines at Bathurst (Reel 6065; 4/1799
pp.73-6) |
| July 22 |
Re Major Morisset's operations against
(Reel 6013; 4/3512 p.21) |
| August 2 |
Memorial of William Bagnall, appointed
by Governor Macquarie as tutor to Aboriginal children (Fiche 3075; 4/1836A No.24 p.101) |
| August 14 |
Attacks in Bathurst district.
Proclamation of martial law (Reel 6039; 4/424 pp.257-9) |
| August 27 |
Re instructions for their treatment at
Moreton Bay (Reel 6013, 4/3512 p.279; Reel 6019, 4/3794 p.5) |
| September 7 |
Servants in neighbourhood of Lake
George seized native girls. Papers of Charles Throsby (Reel 6034; 9/2744 pp.33-6) |
| November 5 |
Land near Aboriginal settlement at
Georges Head used as grazing run (Reel 6013; 4/3512 p.695) |
| December 11 |
Tranquility restored. Martial law to
cease (Proclamation) (Reel 6039; 4/424 pp.294-5) |
| 1825 |
|
| April 21 |
Depositions forwarded re death of by
soldiers (Reel 6014; 4/3514 pp.125-6) |
| May 8 |
Cunningham speculating on absence of
Aborigines in Mudgee to Liverpool Plains area as due to recent scouring the country by
the settlers and soldiers (Reel 6035; SZ17 p.73) |
| May 14 |
Description of deserted Aboriginal
habitations in Mudgee to Liverpool Plains area (Reel 6035; SZ17 pp.84-5) |
| May 16 |
Contact with Aboriginal families in
Mudgee to Liverpool Plains area (Reel 6035; SZ17 pp.91-2) |
| May 17 |
Copy of letter received re their
treatment (Reel 6017; 4/5782 p.335) |
| October 17 |
John Finnegan shipwrecked and compelled
to live among the natives (Reel 6027; 4/1717.2 p.140) |
| November 28 |
Cunningham on missionary aims and
activities at Wellington Valley, erroneous reports in Sydney Gazette and contact with
whites (Reel 6035; SZ23 pp.121-5) |
| |
|
BATHURST, Magistrates
|
| 1824 |
|
| March 22, April 2 |
Depositions re robbery by the natives
at the Swallow Creek Hut (Reel 6065; 4/1800 pp.27-35) |
| May |
Depositions of persons involved in the
investigation into the murder of stockmen by natives (Reel 6065; 4/1799 pp.17-57) |
| June 3 |
Report as to the best way of putting a
stop to violence committed by Aborigines at Bathurst (Reel 6065; 4/1799 pp.13-6) |
| 1825 |
|
| April |
Proceedings: Rex v Thomas Thompson and
Thomas Williams (Reel 6063; 4/1786 pp.10-1) |
| April 8 |
Re sentence of T Reeves (Reel 6014;
4/3514 p.39) |
| |
|
CANOES
|
|
| 1819 June |
Description of Aboriginal canoes,
including sketches (Reel 6034; SZ8 pp.26, 28, 33) |
| |
|
PARRAMATTA, Native Institution
|
| 1814 |
|
| December 10 |
Notice of establishment of school for
Aboriginal children at Parramatta under a committee with William Shelley as principal;
also, portion of land to be set aside for instruction of adult Aborigines in agriculture
(Reel 6044, 4/1730 pp.341-5; Reel 6038, SZ759 pp.11-4) |
| December 10 |
Notice of meeting of Governor,
committee and natives re establishment of Institution (Reel 6038; SZ759 pp.14-5) |
| December 20 |
To William Shelly re clothing for
children of the Native Institution (Reel 6004; 4/3493 p.402) |
| 1815 |
|
| December 4 |
Earl Bathurst approving of
establishment of the Native Institution (Reel 6045; 4/1733 pp.114-5) |
| 1816 |
|
| April 9 |
Twelve boys and six girls to be
selected from the prisoners of war of a punitive expedition against hostile natives and
sent to the Native Institution at Parramatta (Reel 6045; 4/1734 p.164) |
| December |
Names of office bearers for inclusion
in New South Wales Almanac (Reel 6046; 4/1736 pp.42-3) |
| December 21 |
John Wylde made member of (Reel 6046;
4/1736 p.24) |
| 1817 |
|
| March 22 |
Accounts in favour of Mrs Shelley as
manager of the Native Institution (Reel 6046; 4/1737 pp.221-2) |
| April 30 |
James Smith paid from the Police Fund
for repairs made by him on the Native Institution schoolhouse (Reel 6038; SZ759 p.346) |
| August 16 |
John Croner paid from the Police Fund
for erecting fence and other works on the premises belonging to the Native Institution
(Reel 6038; SZ759 p.374) |
| December 27 |
Notice re Governor inspecting children
at the Native Institution (Reel 6038; SZ759 p.420) |
| 1818 |
|
| December 19 |
General order re Annual Conference with
Aboriginal chiefs and tribes and encouragement for children to be put in Institution (Reel
6038; SZ759 pp.546-7) |
| 1819 |
|
| April 1-December 31 |
Quarterly accounts rendered by
Elizabeth Shelley, as manager, approved by J Erskine and H C Antill (Reel 6048; 4/1743
pp.192-8) |
| April 1-October 31 |
Statement of accounts rendered to
Native Institution by Mrs E Shelley, Berry & Wollstonecraft, W White and F Oakes;
receipted by R Hassall (Reel 6048; 4/1743 pp.199-200) |
| September 23 |
Government and General Order re
appointments to the Committee of (Reel 6038; SZ1044 p.105) |
| December 6 |
Appreciation of work of in training
young Aborigines (Reel 6048; 4/1743 pp.157-63) |
|
Petition signed by many citizens for
public meeting to discuss extension of work of (Reel 6048; 4/1743 pp.164-8) |
| December 23 |
Goods supplied to (Reel 6048; 4/1743
pp.190-1) |
| 1820 |
|
| January 5 |
Bedsteads supplied to (Reel 6048;
4/1743 pp.186-7) |
| January 18 |
Necessity for removal of the Native
Institution from Parramatta and for suitable superintendent (Reel 6049; 4/1744 pp.115-29) |
| October 18 |
Quarterly account of expenses, etc
(Reel 6050; 4/1747 pp.179-82) |
| 1821 |
|
| October 13 |
On return of horned cattle issued from
the Government Herds between 22 August 1819 & 27 December 1823; for service of natives
married in the church of Parramatta (Reel 6031; 4/7028B p.16) |
| November 10 |
Resignation from committee of by Revd W
Cowper owing to ill-health (Reel 6051; 4/1749 pp.117-8) |
| December 14 |
Principal Chaplain, Revd Samuel
Marsden, placed on committee of (Reel 6052; 4/1751 pp.119-21) |
| December 21 |
Quarterly expenses of (Reel 6008;
4/3504A p.192) |
| February 19 |
Re more rations required for the
natives (Reel 6053; 4/1756 p.4) |
| March, July |
On list as receiving an assigned
convict (Fiche 3290; 4/4570D pp.71, 79) |
| March 26 |
Rations for specified purposes (Reel
6053; 4/1756 p.5) |
| March 28 |
Re assignment of two convicts to (Reel
6009; 4/3505 p.92) |
| July 13 |
Re placing of four Aborigines on the
stores at the Native Institution near Rooty Hill (Reel 6009; 4/3506 p.53) |
| December 3 |
Re transmission of Treasurer's and
Manager's accounts (Reel 6053; 4/1756 p.14) |
| 1823 |
|
|
Account of rations issued from 19 April
to 16 May 1823 (Reel 6058; 4/1771 p.298) |
| April 5 |
On return of allotments in the town of
Parramatta (Fiche 3265; 4/7576 pp.5, 9-10) |
| 1824 |
|
| January 1 |
Government & General Order thanking
the Committee of the Native Institution & the Male & Female Orphan Schools for
their exertions & relieving members of their duties in consequence of the arrival of
Mr & Mrs Sweetman & the need to model these institutions on new principles (Reel
6039; 4/424 pp.209-10) |
| January 15 |
Re abolition of Committee of (Reel
6040; 4/403 pp.111-2) |
