Colonial Art in the Illawarra, NSW
Andrea Hope, 2018 The initial colonial expansion in NSW was to the poorer lands close to the small settlement at Sydney Cove. Wheat was grown around Sydney Town and its densely packed suburbs, and then at Ryde and Parramatta, to help meet the urgent food needs of the small population. Subsequently the richer lands of the Hawkesbury and Nepean, and the rich pasture lands about Camden were discovered - leading to settlement along the edge of the Blue Mountains on the west, ope