NEW SOUTH WALES. 



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Sydney is connected by rail with all the important towns and centres of popu- 

 lation in the colony and the neighbouring- states of Queensland, Victoria, and South 

 Australia. In May, 1889, was opened the great steel bridge across the Hawkesbury 

 River between the Capital and Newcastle. This bridge, which has seven spans of 



Fig. 177. — Newcastle. 

 Scale 1 : 125,000. 



Depths. 



Otol6 



Feet. 



16 to 64 

 Feet. 



64 Feet 

 and upwards. 



2 Miles. 



500 feet each, completes the main coast line, affording uninterrupted communication 

 between New South "Wales and Queensland. 



Paramatta, the nearest town to Sydney, may be regarded as one of its natural 

 dependencies, for it lies at the western extremity of the same bay, at the mouth of 

 the river from which it takes its name. The Paramattan district is spoken of as 

 the orchard of Sydney, and here are grown the finest oranges on the continent. 



The basin of the Hawkesbury River north of Port Jackson has no towns 

 properly so called ; but the Hun ter, j9 owing still farther north, waters one of the 



