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Simmos Beach, Macquarie Fields, a popular bathing spot on the Georges River 2015

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Mulhearn, Phil

Phil Mulhearn, before his retirement, was an oceanographer with the Defence Science and Technology Organisation. From 2004 to 2018 he held honorary appointments at University of Sydney, most recently at the School of Geosciences. He plans to fully retire in the near future.

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.

Macquarie Fields

Far south-western suburb which was largely agricultural until suburban development began in the 1970s.

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