In their seasonal rotation of campsites around their territory, the clan would have found that the abundant fish, shellfish, birds, reptiles and marsupials contributed greatly to their daily quest for food.

[2] On 22 April 1788 Governor Arthur Phillip and his party of officers and marines journeyed inland by boat from Sydney Cove to find better farmlands for the new settlement.

[4] Early surveys and maps suggest the Duck River area downstream from the confluence with A'Becketts Creek was a wetland of saltmarsh, rushes and grasses.

The Duck River Catchment commences in the Canterbury–Bankstown local government area, near Bankstown and Condell Park.

However, other unusual plants known from wetter areas include turpentine, cheese tree, red mahogany and coffee bush.

Native wildlife includes possums, many species of birds, and reptiles such as the water skink and red-bellied black snake.