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Wisemans Ferry Post Office opened on 1 January 1857. [4] There is information on the early history of Wisemans Ferry in Ball, John and Pam, 'Early Wisemans Ferry: George Mollison, Solomon Wiseman, Bushrangers and Land Title Confusion', Oughtershaw Press, Riverview, 2014 – ISBN 978 0 9593420 9 3.
Wisemans Ferry is a cable ferry across the Hawkesbury River in New South Wales, Australia. The ferry operates from the eponymous community of Wisemans Ferry on the south bank, to a point on the north bank downstream of the Hawkesbury River's confluence with the Macdonald River , connecting with the old Great North Road .
The Webbs Creek (officially designated as a river [3]) rises below the Womerah Range, near the Devils Hole in remote country within the Parr State Conservation Area.The river flows generally north-east by east before reaching its confluence with the Hawkesbury River, south-west of Wisemans Ferry.
Maroota along with its surrounding suburbs, including Wisemans Ferry on the Hawkesbury river to its north, are geographically the northern most suburbs in Sydney. Maroota is located at a high point, about 200 m above sea-level, on the ridge-following Great Northern Road (now renamed Old Northern Road).
Old Northern Road terminates at Wiseman's Ferry. At Bucketty, it is once again renamed the Great North Road. Two sections of the original route: the Devine's Hill (Wisemans Ferry) to Mount Manning section and the Mount Manning to Wollombi section are listed on the New South Wales Heritage Register. [8] [9]
The original occupants of the area were the indigenous Darug people, whose area covered most of northern Sydney.The Darug, who certainly occupied the land 13,000 years ago and possibly as far back as 45,000 years had affiliations with a landscape that extended roughly from the coast to beyond the Hawkesbury River and from Broken Bay to as far south of Sydney as Campbelltown.
Both roads meander (one partly unsealed) through rich country and farms of cattle, melons, orchards and corn. On either side of the river are historic homes and spectacular sandstone towering hills. A route is through Wisemans Ferry township and north across the Hawkesbury via Wisemans ferry, then follows the eastern side of the Macdonald.
Gunderman is a locality of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, located on the north bank of the Hawkesbury River between the towns of Wisemans Ferry and Spencer. It is located within the Central Coast Council local government area. It adjoins the Dharug National Park. At the 2021 census, Gunderman had a population of 189 ...