Hacking River
| Hacking | |
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Hacking River, midway through its journey in the Royal National Park, Australia | |
| Etymology | named after seaman Henry Hacking, a pilot at Port Jackson |
| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | New South Wales |
| Region | Sydney basin (IBRA), Southern Sydney |
| Local government areas | Wollongong, Sutherland |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Kellys Creek |
| • location | below Kellys Falls |
| • coordinates | 34°12′45″S 150°58′45″E / 34.21250°S 150.97917°E |
| • elevation | 91 m (299 ft) |
| Mouth | Port Hacking |
• location | west of Yowie Bay |
• coordinates | 34°3′40″S 151°6′0″E / 34.06111°S 151.10000°E |
• elevation | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Length | 26 km (16 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| National park | Royal National Park |
The Hacking River is a watercourse located to the south of Sydney, New South Wales in Australia.
For thousands of years the indigenous Tharawal (or Dharwal) people called the river Deeban. British colonial settlers named the river after Henry Hacking, a British seaman, pilot at Port Jackson and explorer in colonial New South Wales, who killed the Aboriginal, Pemulwuy