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Wisemans Ferry c1850

By
Conrad Martens
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[DL PX 27, f36]
(Dixson Library)

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Martens, Conrad

State Library of New South Wales

Wisemans Ferry

Named for Solomon Wiseman, ferryman, this village on the edge of the Sydney region has retained some of its historic buildings and cemetery.

Wisemans Ferry

Far northern village on the Hawkesbury River. The ex-convict ferryman Solomon Wiseman (1778-1838) was known as the 'King of the Hawkesbury' and two ferries still operate there. The local Aboriginal name for this spot, recorded in 1829 by the Reverend John McGarvie, was 'Woolloomoorang'.

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Hawkesbury River (Dyarubbin)

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River that runs for 120 kilometres from the confluence of the Nepean and Grose rivers west of Sydney to Broken Bay north of Sydney. The Darug and Darkinjung people who lived along the river called it Dyarubbin.