how a long-lost list is helping us remap Darug place names and culture on Dyarubbin, the Hawkesbury River
- Written by Grace Karskens, Emeritus Professor of History, UNSW
Darug women Leanne Watson, Rhiannon Wright and Jasmine Seymour at Dorumbolooa. Avryl WhitneyIn 2017, I came across an extraordinary document in Sydney’s Mitchell Library: a handwritten list of 178 Aboriginal place names for Dyarubbin, the Hawkesbury River, compiled in 1829 by a Presbyterian minister, the Reverend John McGarvie. I was...





