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Hawkesbury River, view no 6 1802

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Hawkesbury River, view no 6 1802

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William Westall

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National Library of Australia

[PIC Solander Box B20 #R4304]

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Hawkesbury River (Dyarubbin) Livistona australis (cabbage-tree palm)

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Westall, William

National Library of Australia

Rivers and Catchments

Plants

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.

Livistona australis (cabbage-tree palm)

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Tall palm tree that grows along the east coast of Australia. Called 'daranggara' by Darug and Cadigal people, the fibrous leaves were used by Aboriginal people in a wide variety of ways, The edible tip of the tree was known by European settlers as a 'cabbage' (although eating it kills the tree) and used to make the eponymous hats.