Contact history of the Sackville Reach area; setting up of the two reserves by the Hawkesbury River; life at Sackville Reach - playing cricket for local cricket teams, working at the Tizzana Vineyard of Dr Thomas Fiaschi, fishing; setting up of mission station by New South Wales Aborigines Mission.

The Hawkesbury River is the longest coastal river in New South Wales. A vital source of water and food, it has a long Aboriginal history and was critical for the survival of the early British colony at Sydney. The Hawkesbury's weathered shores, cliffs and fertile plains have inspired generations of artists.

Blood Revenge examines the first time that white men were held to account in a criminal court of New South Wales for killing Australian Aborigines. It happened in 1799, just 11 years after the New South Wales colony began. Why were five men found guilty never punished by the Government?

This memoir of the author's childhood at Bar Point on the Hawkesbury River provides information about river life, various river identities, and the flora and fauna of the region from the 1930s onwards. This book provides great insight into the trials and tribualtions growing up on the River.

This facinating book details Governor Arthur Phillip's exploration of the Hawkesbury River and Aboriginal life on the lower Hawkesbury at the time of European settlement. Early insights & surveys of the Hawkesbury and along the Lower Hawkesbury River from 1789 to 1889.

The Hawkesbury 1794-1994 documents the first two hundred years of the second colonisation. A well written account by Jan Barkley and Michelle Nichols it also includes photography by Joy and Stan Stevens. The book can be hard to find due to its limited distribution.

The Colony is the story of the marvelously contrary, endlessly energetic early years of Sydney. It is an intimate account of the transformation of a campsite in a beautiful cove to the town that later became Australia's largest and best-known city - Sydney. This is a facinating read of early settlement.

History tracing the development and decline of the Hawkesbury River trade, drawing on newspaper archives and interviews with local residents and former crew members. This book includes many photographs, some previously unpublished, and also original sketches.

An Environmental History of the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment. This book presents a history of environmental change in the Hawkesbury-Nepean River system and its catchment since 1788. Highlighting abuse that has a correlation with accelerating environmental decline and degradation.

This book of poems is dedicated for the Peoples — the Guardians of the Hawkesbury River. River people read the river, its currents and tides. Through many boat trips, people shared their working relationship with the river. Discover the many poems that convey the beauty of the Hawkesbury River.

The Hawkesbury River saga was published in 1967 by Charles Swancott detailing ships, shipbuilders, wrecks, piracy, native forays, smuggling, larceny, floods and much more adventure in the Hawkesbury River Region. The book is hard to find let alone in good condition, so will no doubt become a collectable.