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Holt-Sutherland estate, Como 1888

Holt-Sutherland estate, Como 1888

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Como

Dharawal country until the Europeans started moving in in the 1860s, Como's position on two rivers made it an early oyster-gathering spot and tourist attraction. From the 1890s subdivision brought new residents to the area, and Como developed into a suburban village. During the Depression in the 1930s, reclamation and other relief works changed the shoreline and connected Como by road to Sutherland.

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Georges River

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River that rises at Appin in the upland swamps of the O'Hares Creek catchment, and flows 80 kilometres north and east to meet Botany Bay at Taren Point, in Sydney's southern suburbs. The total catchment is over 930 square kilometres managed by a large number of local government authorities and is the main tributary of Botany Bay.

Holt-Sutherland Estate Land Company

Company formed to subdivide and lease 12,000 acres of Thomas Holt's land in Sutherland. In 1900 the Holt Sutherland Estate Act enabled tenants to convert their land to freehold.

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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 railway bridge

Single-track wrought iron lattice girder railway bridge across the Georges River, later converted to a pedestrian bridge.

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