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North, MacLaren

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MacLaren North is a Sydney-based heritage consultant and archaeologist

Servicing Sydney's thirst as Author
Water as Author

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Servicing Sydney's thirst

Increasing population and industry saw the Cooks River transformed from a pristine natural watercourse into a highly modified and polluted river

Water

Finding and securing enough water for Sydney's needs has been a challenge since the arrival of the Europeans in 1788, and over two centuries water supply has prompted some of the largest engineering schemes undertaken in Sydney.