The Darug, Darkinjung and Gundungurra people have lived in this region for approximately 50,000 years, with Dyarubbin (the Hawkesbury River) serving as a fundamental source of food, resources and transportation. Dyarubbin comes from the Gundungurra word for yams.
Indigenous flora and fauna includes the Cumberland Plain Woodland and River-Flat Eucalyptus, both of which are listed as endangered species.
This massacre of local Aboriginal people took place in 1795 and is believed to be the first documented battle between indigenous and European occupants.
