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From Mud Bank Botany Bay - mouth of Cooks River 1830

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[DL PXX 31, 2a]

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Aboriginal people of the Cooks River valley Booralee fishing town First people of the Cooks River Servicing Sydney's thirst

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Thompson, John

Surveyor whose arrival in New South Wales was described by TL Mitchell, with whom he worked as Assistant Surveyor, as a 'rare and fortunate accident'. He was the Deputy Surveyor-General 1853-1859.

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Booralee fishing town

Just as the Kameygal people had enjoyed the rich sea life of Botany Bay, Booralee thrived as a vibrant fishing village for over a century until overfishing and pollution saw the demise of the fishing industry.

Aboriginal people of the Cooks River valley

For the Eora people, the Cooks River valley was a crossroad for trade, social and ceremonial networks but when the first European settlers ventured south, their explorations brought death and destruction to the clans

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

First people of the Cooks River

From beyond the time when the river flowed as Europeans came to know it, and long after its banks were dotted with farms, Aboriginal people have had a strong connection to the Cooks River.

Aboriginal

Rivers and Catchments

Botany Bay

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Large bay south of the city of Sydney, into which the Cooks and Georges rivers run.

Cooks River

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River that flows through south-west Sydney, starting at Graf Park, Yagoona, through to Botany Bay at Kyeemagh. The river was extensively polluted by industry and its course was changed to accommodate the runways of Sydney Airport.

Mudbank Estate

Early farm in the Botany area. In later decades it was developed as a market garden.

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Booralee

Village established in the 1830s by the families which made their livings in the rich fishing grounds of Botany Bay. Few weatherboard cottages remain and the area itself no longer has access to the bay.

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