The Bathurst War (1824), is a war between the Wiradjuri nation and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Following the successful Blaxland, Lawson, and Wentworth expedition to find a route through the "impenetrable" Blue Mountains in 1813, this allows the colony to expand onto the vast fertile plains of the west.
Settlement of the new land is initially slow, but following a change of government, Governor Thomas Brisbane comes to power allowing a flood of land grants to the west of the Blue Mountains.
The enormous influx of British colonists has put a massive strain on the traditional food sources and sacred landmarks of the Wiradjuri.
By early 1824, war has broken out in which the Wiradjuri adopt a guerrilla-style approach.
After Governor Brisbane declares martial law, the resistance soon collapses in late 1824.
