| NICHOLAS BAYLY 1769-1823 |
| Nicholas Bayly arrived in Sydney with a detachment of the New South Wales Corps as an ensign. In a return of December 1801 he is set down as possessing grants of land aggregating 631 acres, 30 of which were cleared and 8 under maize and wheat. In December 1805 he was appointed Receiver of Quit Rents and in 1808 retired from the Army on the rank of leiutenant, to which he had been promoted in 1802. In June 1809, he was given the position of Naval Officer (Collector of Customs) which he held untill the assumption of Office by Governor Macquarie, on 1 January 1810, who had received instructions to displace all officers appointed by the subverters of the Bligh government. During the next decade, he gave undivided attention to pastoral pursuits on "Bayly Park", his estate of about 2500 acres, at South Creek, about 15 miles from Parramatta. In September 1820 he was appointed secretary to the Bank of New South Wales and held that position untill his death in May 1823. |
| Nicholas Bayly: Bayley, the son of a British MP arrived in NSW as an ensign in the NSW Corps. He was first sent to Norfolk Island before returning to NSW in 1801. He caused Governor King to court-martial him and after Bligh had been ousted he helped administer the colony along with Paterson, Foveaux and Abbott. He was one of the most aggressive traders in the Rum Corp. By 1814, his home was built at Bayly Park and was described as 'a noble mansion with gardens and cultivated grounds'. During the 1820s Bayly had at least 19 convicts working for him at Bayly Park. Macquarie considered Bayly, Marsden and John Blaxland as 'settlers who are notorious throughout the Colony for being very severe, arbitrary masters and embroiled in constantly in quarrels...' Macquarie eventually dismissed Bayly of his public duties whereapon Bayly spent considerable time at Bayly Park with his family of eight children. He died in 1823 and the farm was put up for sale. Bayly Park was purchased in 1826 by Richard Jones who renamed the property Fleurs. |
| The Following speal was taken from the Local Suburb Profile - Penrith. www.penrithcity.nsw.gov.au/index |
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