Hawkesbury

This afternoon, at three o'clock, being the 2d of September, our little squadron sailed again, and in the evening saw a high peaked island lying north west, which we called Hawkesbury's Island.

Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the 'Bounty' in the South Seas, 1790-1791 Edward Edwards

Large black cat sightings are raising more concerns in Hawkesbury, Australia.

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Gavin Jowitt for The Wall Street Journal Some of the older locals use the Postman to get around, but the standard form of transportation for people living along the Hawkesbury is a "tinnie."

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Richmond Hill*, and trace down to it; and if the weather should prove fine to cross at the ford, and go a short distance westward, then to repass the river and trace it upward until we should either arrive at some spot which we knew to be the Nepean, or should determine by its course that the Hawkesbury was a different stream.

The Settlement at Port Jackson 2003

"Batchelor," called Hawkesbury at that moment, just putting his head out of the door of his box, "will you step here, please?"

My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life Talbot Baines Reed 1872

The Hawkesbury, which is a continuation of the Nepean River, after the junction of the latter with a considerable stream, called the Grose, issues from a remarkable cleft in the Blue Mountains in the vicinity of the beautiful town of Richmond, about forty miles from Sydney.

Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 George Grey 1855

With this view, we proposed to fall in a little above Richmond Hill*, and trace down to it; and if the weather should prove fine to cross at the ford, and go a short distance westward, then to repass the river and trace it upward until we should either arrive at some spot which we knew to be the Nepean, or should determine by its course that the Hawkesbury was a different stream.

A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson Watkin Tench 1796

"Hawkesbury," I interposed, anxious to avert a row, "we've all promised to obey the captain, you know."

My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life Talbot Baines Reed 1872

"Hawkesbury," again said Mr Hashford, "this is the third time I have told you not to talk."

My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life Talbot Baines Reed 1872

This description of the horns is taken from a pair of real horns of the animal, now in the possession of Mr. James Haig, merchant in Leith, that were sent home to him this year (1792) by his brother, Mr.W. Haig, of the 'Hawkesbury' East-Indiaman, and of which the following cut represents a front view.

Delineations of the Ox Tribe The Natural History of Bulls, Bisons, and Buffaloes. Exhibiting all the Known Species and the More Remarkable Varieties of the Genus Bos. George Vasey 1857