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COLONIAL MURDERS
The Peter Clark Murder 1863
A failed robbery by Henry Wilson
compiled by Margaret Szalay
The stories and people behind the death of Peter Clark, in a failed holdup near Burning Mountain in rural New South Wales in April 1863 – taken from 1900s oral histories and the official records and from newspaper reports of the day. Peter Clark was aged 26 living with his family in the Hunter Valley, and newly engaged to marry Susanna Clark of another local family.
Henry Wilson (1843-1863) was a local farmer in the upper Hunter Valley, and this was his second known outing as a bushranger. During this failed robbery, Peter Clark was shot twice, dying at the scene. He became a local hero with songs and poems and monuments raised in his memory. Henry Wilson was found guilty of Peter Clark’s murder and hanged, aged 20, at East Maitland Gaol on 2nd October 1863.
- Published privately in paperback in 2019, with maps and photographs.
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