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The Settlement on the Green Hills, Hawksburgh [ie Hawkesbury] River N.S.Wales, 1809

By
George William Evans
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[PXD 388/3,7]
(Mitchell Library)

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Evans, George William

State Library of New South Wales

Rivers and Catchments

Colonial architecture

Agriculture

Boats

Transport

Transport corridors

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.

Windsor

North-western town on the Hawkesbury River, named after Windsor in England. It was one of the five towns named in 1810 by Governor Macquarie and contains many heritage-listed buildings. In 1829 Rev John McGarvie recorded the local Aboriginal people's name for the area was Bulyayorang.

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Hawkesbury district

Area surrounding the Hawkesbury River to Sydney's north and north-west, which was important in early colonial agriculture and the site of the early towns of Richmond and Windsor.

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