Insights from the Hawdon Letters: Colonial Life in NSW, Part 1, 1828-1830

This blog post explores John Hawdon's letters (1828-1830), which provide an intimate view of colonial life in New South Wales. Addressed to family in England, they detail challenges of farming, personal hardships, and isolation. The cross-written letters, located at the State Library of NSW, are difficult to decipher but are significant historical records of early colonial settlement in the Cowpastures.