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Cedar Trade Shapes Coastline in Scarlet and Gold Era
The article recounts the rise of red cedar along the northern New South Wales coast from Illawarra to Moreton Bay, its role in pioneering settlement, and the brutal logging practices of cedar getters. It notes rivers like Orara Nambucca and Bellinger feeding the coast, early convicts and smugglers, and the eventual shift to pastoral and agricultural settlement. It hints at further installments in the Advocate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coffs Harbour
Clarence
Nambucca
Smoky Cape
Macleay
Bay of Naples
Illawarra
Sydney
Moreton Bay
Queensland
Hawkesbury
Bellinger
Dorrigo
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