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Aerial view of Cooks River Entrance and Mascot Airport 1973

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[A6180, 7/12/73/97]

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Industry in the Cooks River valley Servicing Sydney's thirst

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Industry in the Cooks River valley

As industry took hold in Cooks River valley, pollution and drainage became entrenched problems accompanied by flooding and public health concerns.

Servicing Sydney's thirst

Increasing population and industry saw the Cooks River transformed from a pristine natural watercourse into a highly modified and polluted river

Airports

Rivers and Catchments

Cooks River

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River that flows through south-west Sydney, starting at Graf Park, Yagoona, through to Botany Bay at Kyeemagh. The river was extensively polluted by industry and its course was changed to accommodate the runways of Sydney Airport.

Kyeemagh

Residential suburb on the southern side of the Cooks River near Sydney Airport. Its name, meaning 'beautiful dawn', was suggested by the New South Wales Polo Association in 1928 as the name of its new Polo Ground.

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Mascot

Industrial, commercial and residential suburb on the north-western side of Botany Bay. It is the location of Sydney Airport, built on the site of Ascot Racecourse and opened in 1920.

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Rockdale

Southern residential suburb of located west of Botany Bay, which is built on the country of the Cadigal, Gweagal and Bidjigal people. Rockdale is highly multicultural, with communities of Chinese, Macedonian, Greek and Arabic heritage, among others.

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Sydney Airport

Major airport serving Sydney and Australia, which is one of the oldest continuously operating airports in the world. Successive enlargements have resulted in the reclamation of land in Botany Bay to build new runways, and the resumption of property in surrounding suburbs because of noise.

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