First or Lower Branch of Hawkesbury River (Macdonald River)

1789 Gov Phillip leads boat party into ranges along First or Lower Branch (Macdonald River); sees signs of Aboriginal occupation and meets woman near bark gunyah where children are eating roasted yams

Related events:

Wiseman's punt at mouth of Macdonald River

1827 census records c100 Macdonald River Tribe

RH Mathews records Darkinung language and culture

Wiseman's Ferry from the Macdonald River 1880s (Powell)

Location

First or Lower Branch of Hawkesbury River (Macdonald River)

Australia

33° 21' 32.6664" S, 150° 58' 32.9592" E

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