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Dorumbolooa, Sackville Reach June 2018, photo by Grace Karskens Most people feel familiar with the Hawkesbury, one of Sydney’s most recognisable rivers, but how much do they really know? Listen to Marika and Wilamina on 2SER here The Hawkesbury River, known as…

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Stephen Gapps, The Sydney Wars: Conflict in the early colony 1788–1817

Stephen Gapps, The Sydney Wars: Conflict in the early colony 1788–1817  NewSouth (2018),  432pp, ISBN 9781742232140, p/bk, RRP: $34.99 Recent years have seen the publication of a good deal of compellingly sensitive histories of the early years of British invasion and settlement in…