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Peats Ferry, Hawkesbury River c1880s

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Peats Ferry, Hawkesbury River c1880s

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Charles Bayliss

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Bayliss, Charles

National Library of Australia

Rivers and Catchments

Hawkesbury River (Dyarubbin)

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River that runs for 120 kilometres from the confluence of the Nepean and Grose rivers west of Sydney to Broken Bay north of Sydney. The Darug and Darkinjung people who lived along the river called it Dyarubbin.

Peats Ferry

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Area around the ferry which operated across the Hawkesbury near Brooklyn until 1945. The ferry had been established in 1840 by George Peat.