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Beauty Point (Hornsby)

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Beauty Point Hornsby

Located at the entrance of Coba Bay on Berowra Creek in Hornsby Shire, Beauty Point is also known as Coba Point. [1] Long the land of the Dharug people, the western bank of Berowra Creek was gradually settled by Europeans during the nineteenth century. [2] The original land grant of 40 acres (16 hectares) on Beauty Point was given to Joseph Rae, but by 1905 it was held by John Kelly. [3] That land has now been subdivided along the waterfront.

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[1] John P Powell, Placenames of the greater Hawkesbury Region, Hawkesbury River Enterprises, Berowra Heights, New South Wales, 1994, pp 7, 26

[2] Anne Ross, 'Aboriginal Life on the Lower Hawkesbury at the Time of European Settlement,' in Jocelyn Powell and Lorraine Banks, Hawkesbury River history: Governor Phillip, exploration and early settlement, Dharug and Lower Hawkesbury Historical Society, Wisemans Ferry, 1990, pp 31–32; Tom Richmond, Bar Island and Lower Hawkesbury River Settlements, Deerubbin Press, Berowra Heights, New South Wales, 2005, pp 3–7

[3] New South Wales Department of Lands, County of Cumberland, Parish of Berowra Map, 1885; County of Cumberland, Parish of Berowra Map, 1905; John P Powell, Placenames of the Greater Hawkesbury Region, Hawkesbury River Enterprises, Berowra Heights, New South Wales, 1994, p 26

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