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Bob Drake working in Neverfail Bay 1999

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Bob Drake working in Neverfail Bay 1999

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Rodger Robertson

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Rodger Robertson

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Neverfail Bay, Oatley

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Aquaculture Boats Rivers and Catchments

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Georges River Neverfail Bay

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Oatley

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Drake, Bob

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Robertson, Rodger

Rodger Robertson is a member of Oatley Heritage and Historical Society and Kogarah Historical Society. He researches and writes about local and family history. Rodger has a keen interest in the digitalisation of historical material for preservation and distribution

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Neverfail Bay, Oatley

Named by European settlers for its plentiful springs and ponds, Neverfail Bay in Oatley was the cultivation ground for a thriving oysters industry until increasing pollution and viral contamination took their toll in the 1990s

Boats

Rivers and Catchments

Aquaculture

Georges River

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River that rises at Appin in the upland swamps of the O'Hares Creek catchment, and flows 80 kilometres north and east to meet Botany Bay at Taren Point, in Sydney's southern suburbs. The total catchment is over 930 square kilometres managed by a large number of local government authorities and is the main tributary of Botany Bay.

Oatley

Leafy southern residential suburb on the Georges River. Built on the land granted to James Oatley, a convict clockmaker, it began to develop in the 1960s.

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Neverfail Bay

Bay on the Georges River at Oatley.

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Drake, Bob

Last remaining oyster farmer on the Georges River at Oatley. He is the fourth generation of his family in the industry which once thrived along the Georges River.

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