George Collingridge - woodcut, Wisemans Ferry showing the church

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Identifiernot specifiedPhotographerCollingridge, George, 1847-1931DescriptionWoodcut of Wisemans Ferry, Hawkesbury River, showing the church.
Wisemans Ferry, in Hornsby Shire, is a village at the most northerly point of the Hawkesbury River.
Wisemans Ferry is named after Solomon Wiseman, who was known as the 'King of the Hawkesbury'. In England, he had been convicted of smuggling and sentenced to transportation. He arrived in Sydney in 1806, and was later granted a pardon. In 1826 he was given a lease on land alongside the Hawkesbury River, where he operated a ferry service on the condition that government horses and property were carried free on his punt. The punt linked two stretches of the convict-built Great North Road, which was the land route between Sydney and the Hunter River settlements to the north.

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George Collingridge - woodcut, Wisemans Ferry showing the church