Collection: History Support Collection

This book contains a history of the Hawkesbury River with illustrations of boats, people, horses, tractors, trucks, slab houses and schools.

This book is an account of the exploration and early settlement of the Hawkesbury, Australia's most scenic and historic waterway.

“The Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, on the outskirts of Sydney NSW, was the third largest bridge in the world when it was built in 1889, and was the final link in the railway connection between the eastern colonies of Australia. Separated by a thousand kilometres of bush, the colonies could nev...

An historical account of the Hawkesbury River from early settlement. Included are many pioneers from this period.

The story of Hawkesbury's commercial river boats from 1789 to World War 2 through the ages of sail and steam power. Included are individual histories of the restored vintage boats that returned to the river in a commemorative sailing on 23 April 1988.

This book reveals new material about Australia's beginnings, in particular about the third mainland settlement. It tackles controversial themes, including the meeting of European and Indigenous cultures

The Hazelbrook and Woodford chronology covered in this work begins 20th August 1813 when Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth passed through Hazelbrook through to 2002, the centenary celebrations of the railway stations.