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View of mangroves in Oyster Bay from Sylvania November 2013

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Plants

Rivers and Catchments

Georges River

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River that rises at Appin in the upland swamps of the O'Hares Creek catchment, and flows 80 kilometres north and east to meet Botany Bay at Taren Point, in Sydney's southern suburbs. The total catchment is over 930 square kilometres managed by a large number of local government authorities and is the main tributary of Botany Bay.

Sylvania

Southern residential suburb, on the southern shore of the Georges River. It is believed to have been named by James Murphy in the nineteenth century because of its 'sylvan' appearance.

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Oyster Bay

Bay on the southern side of the Georges River.

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