Saccostrea glomerata Animal Sydney's famous native rock oyster. image Type Animal {"name":"Animal","target":"","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'><\/span>"},"date_start":null,"date_end":null} Sydney rock oysters by Garry Wotherspoon , 2008 Gathered by Aboriginal people for thousands of years before the Europeans arrived, Sydney oysters became a farmed product in the 1870s and remain a popular seafood. more » image image image