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- The Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars (1794–1816) were a series of conflicts where British forces, including armed settlers and detachments of the British Army in Australia, fought against Indigenous clans inhabiting the Hawkesbury River region and the surrounding areas to the west of Sydney. The wars began in 1794, when the British started to construct farms along the river, some of which were established by soldiers. The local Darug people raided farms and murdered settlers until Governor Macquarie dispatched troops from the 46th Regiment of Foot in 1816. These troops patrolled the Hawkesbury Valley and ended the conflict by killing 14 Indigenous Australians in a raid on their campsite. Indigenous Australians led by Pemulwuy also conducted raids around Parramatta during the period between 1795 and 1802. These attacks led Governor Philip Gidley King to issue an order in 1801 which authorised settlers to shoot Indigenous Australians on sight in Parramatta, Georges River and Prospect areas. Many of the Aboriginal nations occasionally allied themselves to the British settlers in order to conquer more land for their tribes, and just as quickly returned to a state of war against the settlers. It was fought using mostly guerrilla-warfare tactics; however, several conventional battles also took place. The engagement resulted in the defeat of the Hawkesbury river and Nepean river Indigenous clans who were subsequently dispossessed of their lands. With the expansion of European settlement, large amounts of land was cleared for farming, which resulted in the destruction of Aboriginal food sources. This, combined with the introduction of new diseases such as smallpox, caused resentment within the Aboriginal clans against the settlers and resulted in violent confrontations, coordinated by men such as Pemulwuy. (en)
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- Dead: at least 80 confirmed
- Total Casualties: ~300 ('conservative estimate')
- Wounded: bare minimum of 74
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- * Burraberongal Tribe
- * Dharug Nation
- * Eora Nation
- * Gandangara Nation
- * Tharawal Nation
- *New South Wales Corps(1795–1800)
- *New South Wales Corps(1801–10)
- Indigenous clans:
- Irish-convict sympathisers
- Kingdom of Great Britain(1795–1800)
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–16)
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- British victory
- * Dispossession of land of the indigenous clans
- * Legal disputes until 1992Mabo decision
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- 2 or morebushrangers
- 46th Regiment of Foot (1814–16): 600+
- 73rd Regiment of Foot (1810–14): 450
- About 10+ armed Irish convicts
- Armed settlers: 2,000+
- Burreberongal Tribe (1790–1802) 100+
- Combined total force: 3,600
- Indigenous clan numbers: approx. 3,000
- New South Wales Corps(1790–1810): 550
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- 40857 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger)
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- Governor Arthur Phillip speared during a skirmish at Manly . (en)
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- Dead: 80 confirmed
Wounded: +100 (en)
- Total Casualties: ~300
Dead: at least 80 confirmed
Wounded: bare minimum of 74 (en)
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- Indigenous clans:
* Dharug Nation
* Eora Nation
* Tharawal Nation
* Gandangara Nation
Irish-convict sympathisers (en)
- Kingdom of Great Britain
* New South Wales Corps
* Burraberongal Tribe
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
* New South Wales Corps (en)
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- John Wilson (en)
- John Hunter (en)
- William Knight (en)
- William Paterson (en)
- James Wallis (en)
- George III (en)
- William Bligh (en)
- Lachlan Macquarie (en)
- Pemulwuy (en)
- Musquito (en)
- Obediah Ikins (en)
- Philip Gidley King (en)
- Tedbury (en)
- Woglomigh (en)
- Yaragowhy (en)
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- Hawkesbury Settlement (en)
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- the Australian frontier wars (en)
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- "The Natives of the Hawkesbury... lived on the wild yams on the banks. Cultivation has rooted out these, and poverty compelled them to steal Indian corn... They [soldiers and settlers] came upon them [natives] unarmed, and unexpected, killed and wounded many more. The dead they hang on gibbets, in terrorem. The war may be universal on the part of the blacks, whose improvement and civilisation will be a long time deferred. The people killed were unfortunately the most friendly of the blacks, and one of them more than once saved the life of a white man." (en)
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- British victory
* Dispossession of land of the indigenous clans
* Legal disputes until 1992 Mabo decision (en)
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- –Rev Thomas Fyshe Palmer (en)
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- 2 (xsd:integer)
- 46 (xsd:integer)
- 73 (xsd:integer)
- About 10+ armed Irish convicts (en)
- Armed settlers: 2,000+ (en)
- Burreberongal Tribe 100+ (en)
- Combined total force: 3,600 (en)
- Indigenous clan numbers: approx. 3,000 (en)
- New South Wales Corps : 550 (en)
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- The Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars (1794–1816) were a series of conflicts where British forces, including armed settlers and detachments of the British Army in Australia, fought against Indigenous clans inhabiting the Hawkesbury River region and the surrounding areas to the west of Sydney. The wars began in 1794, when the British started to construct farms along the river, some of which were established by soldiers. (en)
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- Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars (en)
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- Hawkesbury Settlement (en)
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