Solomon Wiseman

He shipped coal from Newcastle (New South Wales), wheat from the Hawkesbury and timber from Shoalhaven.

In 1817 he was granted a lease of 200 acres (0.81 km2) on the Hawkesbury River at Lower Portland Head, which later became known as Wiseman's Ferry.

When he heard that the government intended to build a road between Sydney and the Hunter valley, he persuaded the authorities to route it through his land.

In 1826 he built on his land an elaborate house for his second wife, Sophia, called Cobhams Hall.

[3] Her inspiration to understand this came from her taking part in the 28-05-2000 Reconciliation Walk across Sydney Harbour Bridge during which she realised that she didn't know much about "what had gone on between the Aboriginal people and the settlers in those early days".