Bathurst War
Wiradjuri resistance to European settlement in Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Bathurst War (1824) was a war between the Wiradjuri nation and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Following the successful Blaxland, Lawson, and Wentworth expedition to find a route through the "impenetrable" Blue Mountains in 1813, this allowed the colony to expand onto the vast fertile plains of the west.
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The Bathurst county in which the war was fought | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
![]() | Wiradjuri | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
![]() ![]() | Windradyne | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
![]() ![]() ![]() | 1,500 (unable to verify) | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
~20 killed others wounded[1] |
~100 killed others wounded[1] |
Invasion of the new land was initially slow, but following a change of government, Governor Thomas Brisbane came to power allowing a flood of land grants to the west of the Blue Mountains. The enormous influx of British colonists put massive strain on the traditional food sources[citation needed] and sacred landmarks of the Wiradjuri.[citation needed] By early 1824, war had broken out in which the Wiradjuri adopted a guerrilla-style approach. After Governor Thomas Brisbane declared martial law, the resistance soon collapsed in late 1824.[2]