Raids on stock

Date: 1 Nov 1823 – 30 Nov 1823
Place: Bathurst region
Judge Advocate Wylde requested a reward for the capture of ‘Saturday’ on 1 December, which indicates Windradyne had been involved in spearing cattle at least from November. It seems he was operating to the east of Bathurst and not at Kings Plains, where Jingler was the leader wanted for the ‘offences’ committed. On 12 December, Goulburn replied to Wylde’s letter to inform him that his ‘recommendation of a reward being offered for the apprehension of the native named Saturday’ would be enforced. It seems word was sent to Commandant Morisset, and he promptly sent out a party – probably of soldiers, constables and armed convicts – in search of ‘Saturday’. THe Gazette reported in early January that ‘numbers of the cattle have been killed’ at Bathurst.

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Sources

  • Wylde to Goulburn, 1 December 1823, SRNSW, NRS 897, 598, p. 335. Goulburn to Wylde, 12 December 1823, SRNSW, NRS 897, 4/3509, 6011, p. 686; Gazette, 8 January 1824, p. 2

Event mentions

  • Raids on stock
    1 Nov 1823 – 30 Nov 1823 — Bathurst region
    Judge Advocate Wylde requested a reward for the capture of ‘Saturday’ on 1 December, which indicates Windradyne had been involved in spearing cattle at least from November. It seems he was operating to the east of Bathurst and not at Kings Plains, where Jingler was the leader wanted for the ‘offences’ committed. On 12 December, Goulburn replied to Wylde’s letter to inform him that his ‘recommendation of a reward being offered for the apprehension of the native named Saturday’ would be enforced. It seems word was sent to Commandant Morisset, and he promptly sent out a party – probably of soldiers, constables and armed convicts – in search of ‘Saturday’. THe Gazette reported in early January that ‘numbers of the cattle have been killed’ at Bathurst.
    Source: Wylde to Goulburn, 1 December 1823, SRNSW, NRS 897, 598, p. 335. Goulburn to Wylde, 12 December 1823, SRNSW, NRS 897, 4/3509, 6011, p. 686; Gazette, 8 January 1824, p. 2