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Wharf at Peats Ferry c1885

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Wharf at Peats Ferry c1885

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Charles Bayliss

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National Library of Australia

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Hawkesbury River (Dyarubbin)

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Bayliss, Charles

National Library of Australia

Peats Ferry

George Peat established a ferry service across the Hawkesbury around 1840, which was eventually joined to Pearces Corner by road, providing a new route to Newcastle. In 1945 the ferry was replaced with a road bridge.

Rivers and Catchments

Wharves

Ferries

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.

Peats Ferry

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Area around the ferry which operated across the Hawkesbury near Brooklyn until 1945. The ferry had been established in 1840 by George Peat.