Black Creek News - 1833

The Sydney Herald Thursday 11 April 1833

MARRIED - On Good Friday, by the Rev. Dr.Laing,

Mr. William Coulson, of Black Creek, Hunter's River, to Miss M. Cameron.  

The Australian Friday 21 June 1833

The Bushrangers who robbed Mr. Harper at Winter's River, are at length captured.  Mr. Thomas Coulson, a gentleman residing on his farm at Black Creek, having received information that a dray belonging to Alcorn the publican had been robbed, he immediately sent an express to Maitland for the Mounted Police. On the arrival of three Policemen Mr. C. procured two Blacks, who with himself and one of his men set out in search of the fellows. The party had not proceeded far from the place where they were informed the dray had been robbed, when one of the Black Fellows cried out 'I smell Bull' the Black fellows took the lead, and they had not proceeded much farther when they came upon a Puncheon 'of Rum and a 36 gallon cask of Brandy, which the robbers had rolled from the dray into the bush.

The party then proceeded to the house of a suspicious character in the neighbourhood, and by divers of threats forced him to tell them where the robbers were encamped. The party went to the place described by the man, and found them sitting down and their horses grazing near the spot.  They made some show of resistance at first, but finding that they were surrounded, they threw down their arms and surrendered. They were armed with double barrelled guns, and two of them had pistols. They had saddle horses for each of them besides pack horses, and about one hundred pounds worth of property of different descriptions.

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser Saturday 24 August 1833

MARRIED,

On Thursday, at the Scotch Kirk, by the Rev. WILLIAM McGARVIE,

Mr. JOHN LEEDS, of Black Creek, to Miss RACHAEL AARON, of George-street, Sydney.