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Native Police Paddock
Merri Creek
August 2nd 1842.

Sir,
I have the honor to report
that according to your Honor’s
directions to proceed to Nerre
Nerre Warren in search of the
unfortunate woman Mrs.
Simpson and her two children
I arrived there on the 28th,
and immediately collected
all the men on the station
and went out in the direction
she was supposed to be lost.

the heavy rains prevented
my remaining out during
the night and I was obliged
to return, without success.-

On Friday morning my
men came up and we beat
the country for many miles
round without finding a

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No 42/1423
3rd Aug 1842
The Supdt of Nve Police
Notifg his havg succeedd.
in findg a poor woman &
2 children who had strayed
in ye bush

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track or a vestage - On satur-
day the 30th, I took a different
direction and after going over a
great deal of country and pressing
through [crossed out: a] very thick scrub -
about seven miles from [crossed out: the]
Nerre Nerre Warren we found the
track of a child’s foot but
owing to the very heavy rains
was quite imperceptible to
a white person - the Blacks
examined the ground all
about but could not discern
another track - I was obliged
to return again without success.
On arriving at the station I
found Mr. Kerr a settler
in the mountains waiting
to inform me that one of
his shepherds had dis-covered
traces of the poor woman
and children and that Mr
Dobie and all his men were
out looking for them-

I immediately went in the
direction of Mr. Kerr’s station
taking some of the men with
me and got up just as the
unfortunate sufferers were