Convicts Capitalists and Corruption: Nubrygyn and the Colony's Settlement West of the Great Divide

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Kate Gadsby

Convicts Capitalists and Corruption

Nubrygyn and the Colony's Settlement West of the Great Divide

Kate Gadsby

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Kate Gadsby
15 March 2021

History; Australasian & Pacific history

Convicts, Capitalists and Corruption is a gripping narrative portraying personal stories of the leaders of Sydney society, convicts building the Mountain Road and the captivating history of the pioneers who established the early settlements west of the Great Divide. It depicts the lives of the brave men and women who ventured into the vast expanses of unknown land after the proclamation of Bathurst. Their stories encompass the many aspects of colonisation within the Nineteen Counties and the 'outer limits' of the Lachlan, Macquarie and Bogan rivers.

There are also descriptions of the land of the Aborigines as it became inhabited by convicts and European settlers. Kate Gadsby centres the book around Bathurst the first settlers at Nubrygyn and the Wellington Valley convict settlement. Several years later it became the home of the Anglican Church missionaries as they endeavoured to Christianise the local Aborigines. The book describes the battles of the settlers and the squatters with unruly convict labourers and the lawlessness in Wellington County. Other than the Bathurst constabulary, the first twenty-five years of European settlement west of the Macquarie River existed without a police force. Deprived of constables, the Wellington region became overrun with bushrangers, murderers and convict runaways.

Beautifully illustrated with rare maps, photographs and artworks from colonial masters, this is a fascinating read. It is a ground-breaking historical narrative of people and occupation west of the Great Divide and the Colony's settlements within the Wellington County and the vast lands beyond. Nubrygyn is famous for the Ben Hall raid in 1865 and is the home of two of the oldest adobe or mud-brick dwellings in Australia. It is a district that was first settled in the late 1820s and a place where many of the original families reside to this day. The Trudgett family have resided in the district since 1838, all descendants of Constance Couronne, one of the youngest convicts transported to Australia. Convicted of attempted murder in 1832 at the age of eight, Constance and her cousin Elizabeth Verloppe (Mauritian slaves) were convicted and sent to Sydney Cove for life in 1833.

By: Kate Gadsby
Imprint: Kate Gadsby
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 245mm, Width: 170mm, Spine: 30mm
ISBN: 9780646819921
ISBN 10: 0646819925
Publication Date: 15 March 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

After living on the Bogan River in the western regions, Kate Gadsby now resides at Nubrygyn with her husband Allan. Born in the Nubrygyn district, she is, along with her family, a fourth-generation owner, farmer and grazier. At intervals she has spent much of the past 20 years researching the history of the Nubrygyn district and its first settlers. It spans the arrival of convict ships in Sydney Cove to exploration and settlement at Bathurst, Wellington and the land in the 'outer limits' beyond the Nineteen Counties. The narrative is of a lawless land and incredible hardship endured by convicts, settlers and Aborigines. Many of the descendants of the Nubrygyn district reside there to this day. The book is richly illustrated with many rare and exceptional documents and works of art from colonial masters.