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Trollope Reach

Reach

Source: Hawkesbury River Sketchbook (Cayley 1970)

Said to be named in honour of the English author Anthony Trollope who arrived in Sydney in August 1871, spending 2 days on the Hawkesbury. He declared it to be superior to both the Rhine and the Missisippi Rivers. He called the river ‘The Australian Rhine’.

Read about Trollope’s visit to the Hawkesbury

View map from 1923 showing Trollope Reach

Source: Map - Lower Portland Topographic 1:25,000 (1988)

Reach of the river near Laughtondale.

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