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Oct 10, 2023 · Wallis Plains (now Maitland) was first settled by Europeans in 1818 and 1819. As at Patersons Plains, its dozen original settlers were mainly convicts deemed by Governor Lachlan Macquarie to be sufficiently trustworthy to be provided with land on which to establish small farms.
Nov 4, 2022 · But after Governor Macquarie visited in 1818, he called the area Wallis Plains, and allowed emancipated convicts to settle and establish farms on Wonnarua Country.
Dec 18, 2015 · The Council have also produced an iBook, The Convict Adventure at Wallis Plains, which invites students to explore the life and times of Maitland’s first European settlement and the twelve convicts chosen to live there.
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.
Early Settlers of Wallis Plains 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.
May 17, 2022 · Henry Dangar undertook formal surveys of the original holdings at Paterson’s Plains and Wallis Plains and paved the way for large-scale European settlement of the rest of the Hunter Valley.
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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.
