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Como from new station 1921-25

By
Rex Hazlewood
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a1949016 / a1949 Online, 16]
(Mitchell Library)

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Hazlewood, Rex

State Library of New South Wales

Bridges

Railways

Rivers and Catchments

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.

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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