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View of Windsor upon the River Hawkesbury, 1824

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View of Windsor upon the River Hawkesbury, 1824

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Hawkesbury River (Dyarubbin)

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Lycett, Joseph

National Library of Australia

Rivers and Catchments

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 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.