“Pemulwuy was an Aboriginal man born around 1750 in Botany Bay. He is noted for his leadership in uniting many clans for resistance, from Botany Bay to the Blue Mountains, and would have used the Cooks River to navigate the region.

Pemulwuy was a clever man (magic man) and there are stories about him escaping incarceration by transforming into a crow and flying through the bars, leaving behind crow feathers.”