The regiment embarked for New South Wales in August 1813: they were stationed at Hobart on Van Diemens Land with orders to suppress a gang of bushrangers. In April 1816, Governor Lachlan Macquarie issued orders for the regiment to undertake punitive expeditions against Aboriginal groups in the Nepean, Hawkesbury and Grose River valleys in New South Wales. The regiment was to take as many prisoners as they could; if anyone refused to surrender, the soldiers were to "fire upon and compel them to surrender, breaking and destroying the spears, clubs and waddies of all those you take prisoners".
In August 1813, the regiment traveled to New South Wales: they were stationed at Hobart on Van Diemen's Land with orders to capture a group of bushrangers. In April 1816, Governor Lachlan Macquarie ordered the regiment to conduct raids against Aboriginal groups in the Nepean, Hawkesbury and Grose River valleys in New South Wales. The soldiers were instructed to take prisoners, but if anyone resisted, they were to be forced to surrender and have their weapons confiscated.