Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Sackville (Dorumbolooa)

North-western rural suburb, named after Viscount Sackville, British Secretary of State for the Colonies. It is the site of the Sackville Ferry, a cable car ferry crossing Hawkesbury River. The Aboriginal name for the area shared by local people with the Rev John McGarvie in 1826 is Dorumbolooa.

Name
Aboriginal
Dorumbolooa
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BESbswy