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British settlers occupy Darug lands
- When
- 1794
- Where
- Hawkesbury River region, New South Wales
- Part of
- Battle of Richmond Hill
Four hundred British settlers moved onto Darug lands along the Hawkesbury River in 1794, building farms and displacing cultivated yam beds.
In 1794, four hundred British settlers moved onto the lands of the Darug people along the Hawkesbury River and began to construct farms. They removed yam beds that had been cultivated along the river by Indigenous people and planted Indian corn (maize) instead. This occupation set the conditions for the conflict that followed in the Hawkesbury region.
Sources
- Battle of Richmond Hill Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-22
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