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AppinLast modified: September 9, 2004 - 1:31 AM
Governor Macquarie named Appin in 1811, after a small coastal village in Scotland where his wife was born Next year Macquarie gave 100 acres to Andrew Hume, who had sailed to NSW in 1789 as an agriculture instructor. Hume settled at Appin with his children, including his sons Hamilton and John, both anxious to explore. In 1814, 17-year-old Hamilton made his first exploratory trip south. With John and an Aboriginal boy he crossed the Razor Back Range and explored the area known as Berrima, Picton, Mittagong, Bowral and Bong Bong. After another trip in 1816 down to the Goulburn Plains, Hamilton Hume was granted 300 acres at Appin. The upper reaches of the Georges River was once known by its Aboriginal name of Toggerai or Tuggerah Creek. Conflict between white settlers and the Tharawal-speaking tribe that lived at Appin resulted in an expedition by the military in which fourteen Aborigines were killed and five captured. In 1824, explorers, Hume and Hovell commenced their expedition to Port Phillip from this district and a monument stands on the road from Campbelltown commemorating the commencement of that journey. | TOP | Contact details | ||||||||||||
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