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The Turpentine(Syncarpia glomulifera) in Victoria Park  26 January 2020 Could this tree be tapping into Blackwattle Creek?  According to Sydney Barani:  "Blackwattle Creek was once a tidal watercourse that extended from its marshy headwaters at Glebe towards the suburbs of Redfern and Waterloo to the south. Lake Northam within Victoria Park is a remnant of this creek. It was one of a number of watercourses in the vicinity of the former Grose Farm Estate and the nearby suburb of Chippendale, and is a tangible reminder of the natural environment inhabited by Aboriginal people before the arrival of the Europeans." - https://www.sydneybarani.com.au/sites/lake-northam/  (viewed 19 August 2025) Located between City Road, Broadway and Lake Northam    " Lake in Victoria Park at Camperdown near Sydney University. It is a remnant of Blackwattle Creek which was once a tidal watercourse that extended from Glebe towards the suburbs of Redfern and Waterloo...

Clr Marghanita da Cruz on Slide Cahill Park, Annandale (formerly Camperdown) The expanded Park was opened 5 August 2023. Funded by the state government under NSW Public Spaces Legacy Program .. https://ramin.com.au/annandale/history-2023.shtml The land surrounding Cahill Park, Annandale was the catalyst for the Rum Rebellion. "On 26th January 1808, officers and men of the New South Wales Corps marched to Government House in Sydney in an act of rebellion against Governor William Bligh" ...The 1808 'Rum' Rebellion, State Library https://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/archive/discover_collections/history_nation/terra_australis/rebellion/ Ironically this part of Camperdown became part of Annandale in 1995. This causes confusion as the are now two Chester and Booth Streets Annandale with the same addresses eg 1 Chester St Annandale. Annandale itself is split between the City of Sydney and Inner West Council. Wigram Road, Booth Street and the Crescent are now the boundaries of th...

Higinbotham & Robinson & Higinbotham & Robinson. [189-?], Camperdown Parish of Petersham Higinbotham and Robinson, Sydney viewed 10 March 2024 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-231105744 Aiming to get a 26 jan reenactment of the Rum Rebellion in "Camperdown" which was the catalyst and somewhat ironically is now part of Annandale (eastern side of johnston creek). George Farwell's play The House that Jack Built is about the Rum Rebellion lead by our own Captain Johnston but, on all acounts orchestrated by Macurthur against Governor Bligh.  HV Evatt has written about the Rebellion .  "Evatt was invited to give the Macrossan Lecture in 1937 . His topic was William Bligh and the lecture later became his famous book Rum Rebellion." - [Law] Review Essay The ABC has done a Radio version of the Play - extract from copy of play in State Library of NSW of publisher Heineman Educational Australia Pty Ltd     Camperdown was named by Bligh after his ship (of...