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Portland Head Rock and Portland Head Reach July 2012

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Michael Kemp
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Michael Kemp

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Hawkesbury River (Dyarubbin) Portland Head Rock
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Kemp. Michael

Local resident and environmentalist in the Hawkesbury area, whose family have lived in the region for several generations.

McGarvie’s list and Aboriginal Dyarubbin

This essay follows on from Introducing the Dyarubbin Project: Aboriginal history, culture and places on the Hawkesbury River, New South Wales

Rivers and Catchments

Natural Environment

Water

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.

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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Portland Head Rock

Sandstone escarpment on the Hawkesbury River (Dyarubbin), so named because settlers thought the rock resembled the profile of an English prime minister, the Duke of Portland. The area became known as Portland Head, and the river downstream as Lower Portland Head. The Aboriginal name for the landmark was probably Dakal, recorded in 1829.

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Portland Head

Area on the Hawkesbury River that includes the suburb of Ebenezer.

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