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Oct 10, 2023 · They thought the convicts should not have been allowed to become virtually free farmers. But the pioneers at Patersons Plains and Wallis Plains repaid Macquarie’s faith and vision, and in spades. They built the first European communities and economy of the Maitland area.
May 14, 2022 · Of the people who were granted small plots of land to farm at Wallis Plains in 1818, we know most about Molly Morgan. Born Mary Jones in Corfton, in the western Midlands of England in 1762, she was to become a major figure in early Maitland. Her pioneering contribution was enormous.
Sep 29, 2016 · She was one of 11 well-behaved convicts given tickets-of-leave by Governor Macquarie under his policy of reforming sinners and sent to establish a settlement at Wallis Plains. They were given a few acres of land along the banks of the Hunter River to farm.
When Morgan returned to Australia, she acquired land and cattle. In 1814, she was sentenced to seven years in jail for milking a stolen cow. However, by 1819, she was trusted enough to be one of the twelve convicts given several acres of land to farm at Wallis Plains (now Maitland), and was set free by 1822.
After numerous failed attempts, they successfully reach the tidal limit of the Hunter River at Maitland (Wallis Plains). Their route becomes the first road north from Sydney. It opens officially as a road in 1823 and becomes known as The Bulga Road.
The Early Settlers of Wallis Plains teaching unit has been produced by Council to support local Hunter teachers implement the NSW History K-10 syllabus by providing a local context for classroom studies.
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James Mudie constructed a wharf at Wallis Plains in the Horseshoe Bend meander near today’s High Street (Port of Maitland); a cattle yard and grain store established next to the wharf. Newcastle penal station closed; new penal station established at Port Macquarie.
