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Bonnet Rock on the Woronora River, c1900

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Bonnet Rock on the Woronora River, c1900

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Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences

(Tyrrell Collection)

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Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences

Established in 1879, the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences' venues include the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Observatory and Museums Discovery Centre at Castle Hill.

Sandstone

Old Woman's Bonnet

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Large rock formation with a cave in it on the eastern bank of the Woronora River in southern Sydney.

Woronora River

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River that flows north from near Helensburgh to meet the Georges River between Como and Illawong. The Woronora dam in the river's southern reaches provides water for Sydney.

Bonnet Bay

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Suburb on the eastern shore of the Woronora River in Sydney's south, named for The Bonnet, a cave in the area, shaped like an old woman's bonnet.

Como

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Residential suburb on the southern shore of the Georges River, east of the Woronora River. Named after the lake in Italy, it grew from the camp set up for the building of the Illawarra rail line in the 1880s.

Como West

Locality between Bonnet Bay and Como.

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