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Patersons Plains 1812 to 1818

European settlement on the Paterson River at Patersons Plains from 1812 to 1818 is shown superimposed on a modern aerial photo, with some later features included as reference points. See notes below for sources and details.

The village of Paterson (gazetted in 1833) is off the map, a few kilometres to the north (top).

Patersons Plains 1812 to 1818

Notes and references

  • The exact location and shape of settlers' farms, with the exception of Swan's farm, are taken from the transects in Dangar's original 1823 survey that have been reconstructed in Luke Doran's A Historical Investigation into the Colonial Surveys at Old Banks, Paterson River (Major Project, Bachelor of Surveying, University of Newcastle (unpublished), 2007).
  • Swan's farm was not part of Dangar's survey as reconstructed by Doran (see note above). The indicative shape of Swan's farm as originally taken up has been dervied from GB White's 1831 map and other sources.
  • For sources regarding dates of settlement and other details see the overview to 1821 or consult the pages of the respective individual settlers (see people index).

See also

Map of settlement to 1821.

Dangar's 1828 map of the Hunter Valley.

Patersons Plains c1830.

Map of the Church and School land by GB White 1831.

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