The Emu Plains Agricultural Farm was established to provide work for an influx of convicts after the end of the Napoleonic wars. It initially accommodated 270 convicts and 11 overseers. Wheat, maize and tobacco were the main crops cultivated. The first superintendent  was an ex-convict, Richard Fitzgerald. Between 1814 and 1820, the number of convicts sent to … Continue reading 1819 Emu Plains Agricultural Farm