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Electoral District Of Lane Cove
Lane Cove is an New South Wales Legislative Assembly electoral districts, electoral district of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Anthony Roberts of the Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division), Liberal Party. Geography On its current boundaries, Lane Cove encompasses the suburbs and localities of Artarmon, Chatswood West, East Ryde, Gladesville, Gore Hill, Greenwich, New South Wales, Greenwich, Henley, New South Wales, Henley, Hunters Hill, Huntleys Point, Lane Cove, Linley Point, Longueville, New South Wales, Longueville, Macquarie Park, New South Wales, Macquarie Park, Gladesville#Monash_Park, Monash Park, North Ryde, New South Wales, North Ryde, Northwood, New South Wales, Northwood, Putney, New South Wales, Putney, Riverview, New South Wales, Riverview, Ryde, New South Wales, Ryde, St Leonards, New South Wales, St Leonards, Tambourine Bay and Woolwich, New South Wales, ...
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NSW Electoral District 2023 - Lane Cove
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria to the south, and South Australia to the west. Its coast borders the Coral and Tasman Seas to the east. The Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory are enclaves within the state. New South Wales' state capital is Sydney, which is also Australia's most populous city. , the population of New South Wales was over 8.3 million, making it Australia's most populous state. Almost two-thirds of the state's population, 5.3 million, live in the Greater Sydney area. The Colony of New South Wales was founded as a British penal colony in 1788. It originally comprised more than half of the Australian mainland with its western boundary set at 129th meridian east in 1825. The colony then also included the island territories of Van Diemen's Land, Lord Howe Island, and Norfolk Island. During the 19th century, Territorial evolution of Au ...
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East Ryde
East Ryde is a suburb of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is in the Northern Sydney region and is located 12 kilometers north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Ryde. East Ryde sits on the western bank of the Lane Cove River. East Ryde shares the postcode of 2113 with the adjacent suburb of North Ryde, though it does not have a post office of its own. Location East Ryde is a relatively small, quiet suburb surrounded by bushland and water on all but one side. The majority of East Ryde is located on top of a ridge, formerly a council rubbish tip, a locality known as the Dress Circle Estate, which was developed by Hooker Rex and opened in 1960. The areas of East Ryde that are at the banks of the Lane Cove River overlook the mangrove wetlands and are characterised by large, modern homes (mainly along Pittwater Road). Aboriginal culture The whole area between the Parramatta and Lane Cove Rivers was origina ...
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Riverview, New South Wales
Riverview is a suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located nine kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Lane Cove. It is situated on the northern side of the Lane Cove River, at the head of Tambourine Bay; the foreshore is occupied by Tambourine Bay Park. Riverview is primarily a residential area. History Riverview takes its name from its location, which provides a view of the Lane Cove River. St Ignatius' College was built in 1880. Tambourine Bay was named for the woman Tambourine Nell or Tambourine Sal, who lived in a cave on the foreshore whilst hiding from police. Population In the , there were 3,148 people in Riverview. 72.5% of people were born in Australia. The next most common country of birth was England at 5.1%. 84.0% of people only spoke English at home. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 43.0%, No Religion 28.1% and Anglican 12.1%. ...
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Putney, New South Wales
Putney is a suburb of Northern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located north-west of the Sydney central business district on the northern bank of the Parramatta River. Its local government area is the City of Ryde. History Evidence of the Walumedegal clan remains around Morrisons Bay and Glades Bay, with 4 distinct sites including shelters amongst the sandstone overhangs, open rock engraving site, sheltered stencil (art site) and an axe grinding site. The area of Putney and Ryde was originally known Eastern Farms and then as Kissing Point by the British colonists. It was one of the first areas of British settlement in the colony. One of the earliest settlers within the present day suburb was the brewer James Squire who settled there in 1792. He established his brewery the Malt Shovel near the present day Kissing Point. The eastern section of Putney was part of a land grant to Nicholas Bayly in 1799. The land was later sold to Eugene Delange who subdivided the la ...
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Northwood, New South Wales
Northwood is a suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, eight kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Lane Cove. Northwood is on the northern side of the Lane Cove River between Woodford Bay and Gore Creek. History Northwood is named after Northwood House, designed by Edmund Blacket (1817–1883) and built by Mrs Jane Davy in 1878. The name was chosen because it is descriptive of its location, a woodland area in the north. Mrs Davy also built a ferry at her own expense, so that her family could travel to the city by ferry. For the early history of Northwood see John and Pam Ball, ''Exploring the early history of Northwood,'' Riverview, 2016. Heritage listings Northwood has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * 1 Private Road: Northwood House Transport Busways bus route 261 from Lane Cove to King Street Wharf operates via Northwood. Northwood ...
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North Ryde, New South Wales
North Ryde is a suburb located in the Northern Sydney region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. North Ryde is located 15 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia, local government area of the City of Ryde. One of Australia's major business districts, North Ryde is home to many multi-national corporations such as Hewlett-Packard, Oracle Corporation, Oracle and Honeywell. The suburb is the site of Macquarie University and its residents include those from the university academe and the research sector. The CSIRO also has a major site on Delhi Road in the Riverside Corporate Park. North Ryde shares the postcode of 2113 with adjacent suburbs Macquarie Park and East Ryde. These suburbs were once part of North Ryde and many businesses and residences in these suburbs still advertise their address as being in North Ryde. Adjacent Macquarie University was issued with its own postcode, 2109, by Australia Post in the late 1980s. ...
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Macquarie Park, New South Wales
Macquarie Park () is a suburb in the Northern Sydney region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Macquarie Park is located 13 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Ryde. Macquarie Park was part of the suburb of North Ryde until it was gazetted as a suburb in its own right on 5 February 1999, and many businesses still use North Ryde as the address. Both suburbs share the 2113 postcode but Macquarie University, which is located at the northern part of the suburb, has its own postcode of 2109. History Aboriginal culture The whole area between the Parramatta and Lane Cove rivers was originally known by its Aboriginal name Wallumatta. Contact with the first white settlement's bridgehead into Australia quickly devastated much of the population through epidemics of smallpox and other diseases. Their descendants live on, though their language, social system, way of life and traditions are mostly lost. The Aborigi ...
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Longueville, New South Wales
Longueville is a harbourside suburb on the Lower North Shore (Sydney), Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, 8 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia, local government area of the Municipality of Lane Cove. Longueville sits on the peninsula between Tambourine Bay and Woodford Bay, on the banks of the Lane Cove River. Originally a home to manufacturing industries, the suburb had its beginnings as a residential area in the 1870s. Longueville was officially proclaimed a suburb in the 1920s. Before settlement, Longueville was the home of the Cammeraygal people of the Kuringgai, Ku-ring-gai Aboriginal Tribe. The suburb has high house prices, in the top ten suburbs in Australia, with an average price of $6,346,000 as of August 2024. History The area in which Longueville is was originally inhabited by the Cammeraygal Group of the Kuringgai, Ku-ring-gai Aboriginal Tribe. The group, which inhabited the north shore of ...
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Linley Point
Linley Point is a small peninsular suburb located on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the local government area of the Municipality of Lane Cove, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is approximately 10 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district. Location Linley Point is situated between the peninsula of Hunters Hill and Woolwich to the south, and Lane Cove to the north. It is less than 10 km to the Sydney central business district. Much of Linley Point is surrounded by the Lane Cove River, and is accessed from the south over Figtree Bridge, and from the north via Burns Bay Road. Due to its elevation many houses have views of the river and Sydney city, with some houses also having views of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Houses Linley Point is one of the smallest suburbs in Sydney, with 131 dwellings. It has undergone some redevelopment, particularly of older homes. Linley Point is also home to several historic houses, including the NSW heritag ...
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Huntleys Point
Huntleys Point is a suburb in the Northern Suburbs district of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Huntleys Point is located nine kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Hunter's Hill. Huntleys Point sits on the northern shore of the Parramatta River. It was named after Alfred Reynolds Huntley, who purchased the land now covered by the suburb and built Point House in 1851. He had arrived in the colony with his family in 1836. Huntley's point is the location of the northwestern end of Gladesville Bridge. It is served by the Huntleys Point ferry wharf. Gallery Image:Tarban Creek Bridge.jpg, Tarban Creek Bridge Image:GladesvilleBridge.jpg, Gladesville Bridge Image:Huntleys_Point_Parramatta_River.JPG, Huntleys Point, view from Chiswick Chiswick ( ) is a district in West London, split between the London Borough of Hounslow, London Boroughs of Hounslow and London Borough of Ealing, Eal ...
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Hunters Hill
Hunters Hill is a suburb of Northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Hunters Hill is located north-west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government in Australia, local government area of the Municipality of Hunter's Hill. Hunters Hill is situated on a small peninsula that separates the Lane Cove River, Lane Cove and Parramatta River, Parramatta Rivers. It can be reached by bus or by Sydney Ferries, ferry. History The area's Indigenous Australian, Aboriginal name is 'Mookaboola' or 'Moocooboola', which means ''meeting of waters. Hunters Hill was named after John Hunter (Royal Navy officer), John Hunter, the second Governor of New South Wales, who was in office between 1795 and 1800. The area that is now Hunters Hill was settled in 1835. One of the earliest settlers was Mary Reibey, the first female retailer in Sydney. She built a cottage—later known as Fig Tree House—on land that fronted the Lane C ...
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Henley, New South Wales
Henley is a suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Henley is located 9 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Hunter's Hill. Henley sits on the northern side of the Parramatta River. History Aboriginal Prior to the arrival of European settlers, the area was inhabited by the Indigenous Wallumettagal people of the Eora nation. They spoke a dialect of Dharug, and their name derives from the words ''wallumai'', or 'snapper', and ''matta'', which means 'way of water'. According to prominent early settler Jules Joubert, they had referred to the Hunters Hill peninsula and surrounding areas, including present-day Henley, as ''Moco Boula''. The Wallumettagal peoples first came into contact with European settlers in 1788. By the late 18th century, however, the Indigenous inhabitants of the land had been driven from the area by a smallpox outbreak in 1789 and subseq ...
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