Berowra Creek

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TypeCreekDetailsBerowra Creek runs through Galston Gorge and enters the Hawkesbury River at Bar Island. The name is mentioned in Mrs Felton Mathew's journal, 1833. Previous names include Fish Pond Creek and Thornleigh Gully. The term Berowra may come from an Aboriginal word meaning 'place of many winds'.
CreatorOllif, Lorna (1981), There Must be a River: A History of Hornsby Shire, Angus and Robertson: Sydney, p.134. Powell, John P. (1994), Placenames of the Greater Hawkesbury Region, Hawkesbury River Enterprises: Berowra, p.8.

Photograph

Silverwater Reach and the Berowra Waters Ferry c.1930s

Storm damaged boats at Harry Bellamy's shack

LocationBerowra Creek Last edited by: Neil Chippendale

Geotag^[1]KeywordsBerowra Creek Last edited by: Neil Chippendale

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Berowra Creek