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Darug raids on settler farms

When
From 1794
Where
Hawkesbury River region, New South Wales
Part of
Battle of Richmond Hill

Indigenous people conducted a series of raids on settlers, taking food, clothing, arms and anything else they could carry.

The settler occupation was followed by a series of raids on settlers, in which Indigenous people took food, clothing, arms and anything else they could carry. Between 1794 and about 1830 the Hawkesbury River area was a place of conflict between Dharug people and the more than 400 British settlers in the region, and in 1795 the escalating conflict prompted the government to send troops to protect the settlers.

Sources

  1. Battle of Richmond Hill Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-22
  2. Dharug Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-30

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