race meeting with boats travelling from all over country Commercial fishing According to the Hawkesbury Nepean Catchment Management Authority, the Hawkesbury River estuary supports the second-largest commercial coastal fishery of estuary prawns, oysters (prior to the outbreak of QX disease) and fish in New South Wales, with a wholesale value of $6.3 million annually. Cultural references Australian novelist Kate Grenville wrote an award-winning historical fiction novel The Secret River set on the Hawkesbury. The 2004 film Oyster Farmer is set mostly on the Hawkesbury. Artists William Piguenit and Arthur Streeton painted the Hawkesbury River in the late 19th century. Australian Television shows, like A Country Practice and Home and Away, have used the Hawkesbury in exterior shots. Guide to Sydney Rivers site See also Rivers of New South Wales List of rivers of Australia Geography of Sydney Mangrove Creek (New South Wales) Popran Valley References External links Satellite photo Hawkesbury River on Google Maps The Hawkesbury Nepean Catchment Management Authority website Hawkesbury Historical Society website A 50's Classic Riverside Hawkesbury Boathouse Hawkesbury web [CC-By-SA] Rivers of New South Wales Hornsby Shire City of Hawkesbury