CORDEAUX, CATARACT & KENTISH CREEK LOCATIONS
From the 1840s, settlers bagan taking up land west of the Illwarra Escarpment behind Mt Kembla and Mt Keira. The area was watered by a network of creeks but the fertility of the soil varied. Life was characterised by hard-work, constant economy and isolation. From 1901, the NSW Government began resuming land for the Cataract and Cordeaux dams to provide water for the Sydney metropolis. By 2007, all of the private holdings had been either resumed or purchased.
In 1978, the Scouts Association received land at Cataract Dam.
| CORDEAUX | |
| Cordeaux Reminiscences | Reminiscences of life at Cordeaux River from the 1920s |
| Upper Cordeaux Pioneers | Research by Vince Ward on the pioneer families of Cordeaux River |
| Cordeaux Land Settlement | Research on land holdings in the Cordeaux Vally by Vince Ward |