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Northmead
Northmead is a suburb of Greater Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Northmead is located 26 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Parramatta. Northmead is a hilly suburb with low to medium density houses, townhouses and apartment buildings, and a large light industrial area. It is located to the northeast of the junction of Darling Mills Creek and Toongabbie Creek, which combine to form the beginnings of the Parramatta River. History Traditional owners of the land are believed to be the Dharug peoples. With the British colonization of Parramatta, this area was originally part of the domain of Government House. What is left of this domain, including Government House, forms Parramatta Park. The name Northmead is derived from the location of the north "mead", or meadow, of the governor's domain. It was an area of orchards and poultary farms prior to being subdivided. The suburb is bordered b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windsor Road (Sydney)
Windsor Road is a notable road in the Hills District of Sydney, linking Windsor and North Parramatta in Sydney's west. It is a constituent part of route A2. Route Windsor Road commences at the intersection of Bridge and Macquarie Streets in Windsor and heads in a southeasterly direction as a two-lane, single carriageway road, widening to a four-lane, dual-carriageway road at McGraths Hill. It continues through Rouse Hill, before turning off at the intersection with Old Windsor Road at Kellyville and narrowing back to a single carriageway road at Baulkham Hills, crossing under M2 Hills Motorway a short distance later. It continues in a southerly direction to cross over James Ruse Drive in Northmead, before eventually terminating at the intersection of North Rocks Road and Church Street in North Parramatta. The North West T-way runs next to and parallel to Windsor Road from Kellyville to Rouse Hill. History The original Windsor Road opened in 1794, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northmead European Rock Carvings
Northmead European Rock carvings is a heritage-listed rock engraving at 226 (rear) Windsor Road, Northmead, City of Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. History The carvings may be associated with activity on the early Hawkesbury or Windsor Roads. This is an area of very early settlement and this block of land was alienated before 1811. Very few early European carvings are known in New South Wales. Comparable examples are found at the Quarantine Station, North Head and Hartley Gaol. The fact that these carvings are not related to an institutional setting is unusual. Description Two figures, possibly Europeans, etched into rock, by sparrow picking. A Salvation Army retirement village, "The Willows" has been built upon the site. The group of carvings depicts one head and bust in profile, one complete figure, two unfinished heads and the letters AD in an outcrop of hard sandstone. On nearby outcro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westmead, New South Wales
Westmead is a suburb in Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Westmead is located 26 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government areas of City of Parramatta and Cumberland Council and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. Geography Westmead is bounded by the Parramatta River, Toongabbie Creek and Finlayson Creek in the north. On the east it is bounded by Parramatta Park, the Parramatta Golf Club, Amos Street and Good Street. The southern boundary is the Great Western Highway. The western boundary is Bridge Road, the railway line and Finlayson Creek. History The Dharug people are the traditional custodians of the land in the area now known as Westmead. Captain Cook claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain in 1770. The first fleet arrived at Sydney Harbour on 26 January 1788 and a colony was declared on 7 February 1788. An exploration party was led by Governor Arthur Phillip in April 1788 travelling along Parra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Mitchell
The Division of Mitchell is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian electoral division in the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales. It is currently represented by Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal MP Alex Hawke. Mitchell is a largely White-collar worker, white collar, upper class and Social conservatism, socially conservative electorate in the Hills District, New South Wales, Hills district of northwestern Sydney. According to a 2022 survey by the ABC, Mitchell was the most Social conservatism, conservative metropolitan electorate and the second-most conservative electorate in Australia after the Division of Maranoa. History The division is named after Major Thomas Mitchell (explorer), Thomas Mitchell, Surveyor (surveying), surveyor and explorer who was the first European to explore large areas of New South Wales and Victoria (Australia), Victoria. The division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 11 May 1949, and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parramatta River
The Parramatta River is an intermediate tide-dominated, Ria, drowned valley estuary located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. With an average Altitude, height, and depth, depth of , the Parramatta River is the main tributary of Sydney Harbour, a branch of Port Jackson. Secondary tributaries include the smaller Lane Cove River, Lane Cove and Duck River (New South Wales), Duck rivers. Formed by the confluence of Toongabbie Creek and Darling Mills Creek at North Parramatta, New South Wales, North Parramatta, the river flows in an easterly direction to a line between Yurulbin in Birchgrove, New South Wales, Birchgrove and Manns Point in Greenwich, New South Wales, Greenwich. Here, it flows into Port Jackson, about from the Tasman Sea. The total Drainage basin, catchment area of the river is approximately and is tidal to Charles Street Weir in Parramatta, approximately from the Sydney Heads. The land adjacent to the Parramatta River was occupied for many thousands of years by A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coca-Cola Amatil
Coca-Cola Amatil Limited (CCAL) was an Australian bottler of non-alcoholic beverages that existed from 1904 to 2021, when it merged with Coca-Cola European Partners to form Coca-Cola Europacific Partners. It was one of the largest bottlers of non-alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages in the Asia-Pacific region and one of the world's five major Coca-Cola bottlers. CCA operated in six countries—Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Samoa. The company also bottled beer and coffee. Products CCA's diversified portfolio of products included carbonated soft drinks, spring water, sports drinks and energy drinks, fruit juices, iced tea, flavoured milk, coffee, tea and alcohol. Coca-Cola Amatil distributed a number of sparkling, still and other non-alcoholic beverages. Some of these include: Water * Mount Franklin Water * Pump * Neverfail * Peats Ridge Pure * AdeS (Indonesia) * Aquarius Water * Kiwi Blue (New Zealand) * Pure Drop (New Zealand) * Nature's O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Winston Hills
Winston Hills is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Mark Taylor of the Liberal Party. It is an urban electorate in Western Sydney. History Winston Hills was created in a redistribution ahead of the 2023 election, largely replacing the abolished electorate of Seven Hills. Prior to its abolition, Seven Hills was represented by Mark Taylor of the Liberal Party. Taylor successfully transferred to Winston Hills at the 2023 election. Geography On its current boundaries, Winston Hills takes in the suburbs of Constitution Hill, Glenwood, Kings Langley, Lalor Park, Northmead, Old Toongabbie, Winston Hills and parts of Baulkham Hills, Blacktown, Parklea, Pendle Hill Pendle Hill is in the east of Lancashire, England, near the towns of Burnley, Nelson, Colne, Brierfield, Clitheroe and Padiham. Its summit is above mean sea level. It gives its name to the Borough of Pendle. It is an isolated h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North-West T-way
The North-West T-way is a continuous series of bus-only lanes and bus roadways between Parramatta, Blacktown and Rouse Hill in Western Sydney. Opened in stages between March and November 2007, the T-way was the second bus rapid transit route to be built in Sydney after the Liverpool–Parramatta T-way. Alignment The T-way follows Old Windsor Road north from Westmead Hospital. At Memorial Avenue, Kellyville, New South Wales, Kellyville, the route branches, with one branch continuing north along Old Windsor and Windsor Road, Windsor roads to Rouse Hill Town Centre and the other heading west along Sunnyholt Road to Blacktown. The alignment includes 10 new bridges and two new underpasses. Three of the T-way's 24 route-kilometres are bus lanes on existing roads. The Bella Vista–Rouse Hill section of the T-way runs parallel with the Sydney Metro Northwest rail line. Construction The Government of New South Wales announced the T-way network as part of its ''Action for Transport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baulkham Hills, New South Wales
Baulkham Hills (;) is a suburb in the Hills District, New South Wales, Hills District of Greater Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located within north-west of the Sydney central business district mostly within the Local government in Australia, local government area of The Hills Shire, of which Baulkham Hills was formerly the administrative seat and namesake of The Hills Shire. A small section of the suburb which is located south of the M2 Hills Motorway, Hills Motorway-Windsor Road intersection is part of the City of Parramatta. Geography Baulkham Hills is predominately a residential suburb of the Hills District, New South Wales, Hills District. Baulkham Hills Junction is the intersection of three major roads; Windsor Road, Old Northern Road, and Seven Hills Road. The suburb is bounded by Old Windsor Road and the North-West T-way in the west; Junction Road in the south which is parallel to the M2 Hills Motorway, Hills Motorway, forming part of the Nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Parramatta
The Division of Parramatta is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. It was created in 1900 and was one of the List of Australian electorates contested at every election, original 65 divisions contested at the 1901 Australian federal election, first federal election. It is based in the western suburbs of Sydney. The current member, since the 2022 Australian federal election, 2022 federal election, is Andrew Charlton (politician), Andrew Charlton, a member of the Australian Labor Party. Parramatta is a diverse electorate with large Immigration to Australia, immigrant communities from Indian Australians, India and Chinese Australians, China, and has a higher than average university education rate according to the 2016 Australian census, 2016 census. At the time of the 2022 Australian federal election, 12% of Parramatta's population possessed Chinese ancestry. Geography Parramatta is based in the wes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Parramatta
The City of Parramatta, also known as Parramatta Council, is a Local government in Australia, local government area located to the west and north-west of Sydney CBD in the Greater Western Sydney region. Parramatta Council is situated between the City of Ryde and Cumberland City Council, Cumberland, where the Cumberland Plain meets the Hornsby Plateau, approximately west of the Sydney central business district, in New South Wales, Australia. The city occupies an area of spanning across suburbs in Greater Western Sydney including the Hills District, New South Wales, Hills District, and a small section of Northern Sydney to the far north east of its area. According to the , City of Parramatta had an estimated population of . The city houses the Parramatta central business district which is one of the key suburban employment destinations for the region of Greater Western Sydney. History First incorporated on 27 November 1861 as the "Municipality of Parramatta", the first mayor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
