This book, written in collaboration with residents of the Gully and their descendants, traces the history of the Gully in Katoomba and the Aboriginal people who lived there.

Dianne Johnson 'Sacred Waters : the story of the Blue Mountains Gully traditional owners' (Halstead Press, 2006)

Aboriginal reserves were controlled by the Aborigines Protection Board (and later the Aborigines Welfare Board) from 1909 until 1969. During this time, many reserves were revoked. The land that had been reserved was used for other purposes or sold by the NSW government. In the late 1970s, the Government realised...

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Dianne Johnson 'Sacred Waters : the story of the Blue Mountains Gully traditional owners' (Halstead Press, 2006)

Revocation of reserves