Marsfield, New South Wales
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Marsfield is a suburb of the City of Ryde, in the Lower North Shore, of Sydney, Australia. This green suburb is characterised by large, modern and expensive homes on the higher parts with views, and town-houses/units in the parts of the suburb that border Turramurra and Epping.
Marsfield got its name from the Field of Mars located in the area in the early days of British colonization of Australia. In 1792 Governor Phillip began the granting of parcels of lands to marines, and the area was referred to on Phillip's maps as the Field of Mars, named after the Roman Field of Mars probably because of the military link. It contained the area of what is now Marsfield, along with the surrounding suburbs of Ryde and Epping. As part of this history, many of Marsfields' and bordering suburb Macquarie Parks' streets are named after famous (Commonwealth) conflicts in time. Such examples include Crimea, Culloden, Waterloo, Herring, Torrington, Balaclava, Agincourt and Khartoum.
Marsfield is home to Curzon Hall, a large castle-like manor turned restaurant and function center located on the corner of Agincourt and Balaclava roads. Marsfield is also home to Epping Boys High School.
Major establishments in the surrounding area include Macquarie University, Macquarie shopping centre and the Ryde-Hunters Hill Athletic Center at Dunbar Park.
Town-houses and units or apartments are also situated in this area.
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Denistone | Denistone East | Denistone West | East Ryde | Eastwood | Gladesville | Macquarie Park | Marsfield | Meadowbank | Melrose Park | North Ryde | Putney | Ryde | Tennyson Point | West Ryde |
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