Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Dangar Island

Island in the Hawkesbury River north of Sydney. It was first subdivided in 1921.

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Name
Alternate
Mullet Island
Property
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Part of
Type

Dangar Island

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Home to Aboriginal people until at least 1828, the island called Mullet Island by Arthur Phillip was leased to Andrew Thompson, salt maker, in the 1790s. In the 1860s it was bought by the Dangar family, becoming Dangar Island officially in 1922, by which time it had been sold and subdivided. It is now a residential community and holiday island.