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28 February 2026

Time Line
Robberies & Murders
Assaults & Thefts etc.,
The First Twenty Years

Dates may show the source date and not reflect the event date
Horse and Cattle Stealing are NOT included...take my word for it..there were heaps

1851 1852 1853 1854
1855 1856 1857 1858 1859
1860 1861 1862 1863 1864
1865 1866 1867 1868 1869
1870 1871

1851 No Data

23rd Jan 1852 Robbery and Attempted Murder
Upon Mr. Carter on Hawkins Hill
26 Mar 1852 Assault
Upon Andrew Harrison by James Russell
24 Apr 1852 Theft of Money
From James Manning Esq. by James Parsons
30 Apr 1852 Court Appearances on Charge of Assault
James Russell and Patrick Hamel
30 Oct 1852 Assault
Upon George Field by George Booth
24 Nov 1852 Murder
of Thomas Henaghan by Duffy

1853 No Data

1854 No Data

1855 No Data

1856 No Data

1857 No Data

1858 No Data

1859 No Data

1860 No Data

1861 No Data

18 Jan 1862 Robbery by Bushrangers
Young Boy Accosted
21 May 1862 Manufacture of Spurious Gold
by Chinese
21 May 1862 Murder of a Chinaman
by a Countryman
6 May 1862 Robbery of Beards Store
Look at the quantity of Opium

21 Jan 1863 Robbery under Arms
Upon Ah Jou [Chinese]
23 Jan 1863 Robbery under Arms
Mr. Lloyd, storekeeper of Tambaroora
23 Jan 1863 Johanna LEAY convicted of Vagrancy by the Tambaroora Bench, sentenced to 3 months confinement at Bathurst Gaol (083) Pg.110
9 May 1863 You [Chinese] convicted of receiving stolen property by the Tambaroora Bench, sentenced to two months hard labor at Bathurst Gaol (083) Pg.218
25 Aug 1863 Robbery and Assault by Bushrangers
Upon a Chinaman on the Rd to Sofala
11 Sept 1863 Johanna O'Neil convicted of Larceny by the Tambaroora Bench, sentenced to six months hard labor at Bathurst Gaol (084) Pg.91
30 Nov 1863 Robbery with Arms or Violence
Upon George MUNROE and William ROSS
31 Nov 1863 Robbery by Bushrangers
Upon George Munroe and William Ross and a Chinaman

26 Jan 1864 Mary Gratton convicted of Vagrancy at the Tambaroora Bench, sentenced to six months confinement at Bathurst Gaol (084) Pg.91
10 Aug 1864 Stabbing
Upon Nicholas MURRAY by Charles Foss
11 Aug 1864 Assault
Upon George ROBINSON by a Chinaman
2 Nov 1864 Robbery and Murder by Bushrangers
of Alexander MASSEN at Lower Pyramul
7 Nov 1864 Murder - One Hundred Pounds Reward
for the murder of Alexander MASSON
Dec 1864 Theft
Upon Ah POYE and warrant issued for Peter GLANVILLE

23rd Apr 1865 Assault
Upon the wife of William Graham
2 Aug 1865 Murder
of Ha TACK by Ah LIM
Oct 1865 James McDermott charged with Vagrancy and sentenced to 7 days in the Tambaroora Lock-up (085) Pg.401
9rd Oct 1865 Court Appearance of Ha LIM
18 Oct 1865 Threats
Upon Innkeeper Isaac DAVIS, Lower Turon
1 Dec 1865 Assault
Upon Mrs. Lee PACK of Tambaroora
1 Dec 1865 Threat
Upon Mrs. Ah LOY with an axe

9 May 1866 Trepass
Tu Kim upon Patens Store
6 Jun 1866 Stealing Property
from Ah Que by Caroline Holmes
12 Jun 1866 Theft
from the Premises of Thomas Little
19 Dec 1866 Wife Desertion
by James Cullen Jnr.

1867 No Data

1868 No Data

1869 No Data

1870 No Data

1871 No Data