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Rock carving on Darug country of an echidna 2006

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Rock carving on Darug country of an echidna 2006

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Stuart Humphreys

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Australian Museum

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Humphreys, Stuart

Sydney photographer who specialises in documentation of and work for scientific, art and cultural collections.

Australian Museum

Animals

Visual Arts

Aboriginal

Archaeology

Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park

National park in Sydney's north created in 1894 largely because of the work of Eccleston du Faur.

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Hawkesbury district

Area surrounding the Hawkesbury River to Sydney's north and north-west, which was important in early colonial agriculture and the site of the early towns of Richmond and Windsor.

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Hawkesbury sandstone

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Quartz rich sedimentary rock formed in the Triassic age that is found throught out the Sydney basin. Named after the region around the Hawkesbury River in Sydney's north where it's very common, it is often called Sydney sandstone. The golden yellow stone has been used as building material across the city, given Sydney's historical buildings their distinctive glow.