Sackville, New South Wales (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sackville is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located in the City of Hawkesbury and in the census of 2001 had a population of 410. Sackville is situated on the Hawkesbury River, and is the site of the Sackville Ferry, a car ferry that crosses the river. Sackville was first settled as a farming community by colonists in 1803, and the settlement was named after Viscount Sackville, the British Secretary of State for the Colonies between 1775 and 1782. It is located on the rich alluvial soil of the flood plains of the Hawkesbury, was close to a readily available fresh water supply, and had transportation links to Sydney via the Hawkesbury River.