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However, tensions developed with the Tharawal.

In 1801, Governor King ordered soldiers to fire on the aborigines to keep them from settler's properties.

By 1815, Governor Macquarie declared a state of open warfare against aborigines in the Georges River area and forbade them carrying weapons within a mile of any British settlement.

Ultimately, the British prevailed.