Denistone, New South Wales
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| Denistone Sydney, New South Wales |
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 Gordon Crescent, Denistone railway station |
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| Postcode: | 2114 | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 16 km (10 mi) north-east of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Ryde | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Ryde | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Bennelong | ||||||||||||
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Denistone is a suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Denistone is located 16 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Ryde. Denistone West and Denistone East are separate suburbs.
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[edit] History
Denistone is derived from the name of a home built in the area called Dennistone.
The Wallumedegal Aboriginal tribe lived in the area between the Lane Cove River and Parramatta River, which was known as Walumetta. Gregory Blaxland, a free settler, purchased the 450-acre (1.8 km²) Brush Farm estate in 1806, shortly after his arrival in the colony. This estate covered most of the area south from Terry Road to Victoria Road and Tramway Street, and east from Brush Road to Shaftsbury Road. In 1829 Blaxland transferred Brush Farm Estate to his eldest daughter, Elizabeth, and her husband Dr Thomas Forster. Forster expanded the estate by purchasing the Porteous Mount grants of 120 acres (0.5 km²) on the Denistone ridge in 1830. Denistone was named after Forster's home "Dennistone", burnt down by bushfires in 1855. Richard Rouse Terry acquired the land from the Blaxlands in 1872 where he rebuilt Denistone House, now within the grounds of Ryde Hospital. The Denistone estate, centered on Denistone House, was a late subdivision, not opened up for sale until 1913.[1]
[edit] Transport
Denistone railway station is on the Northern railway line of Sydney's City Rail network. Denistone is predominantly residential, free of an expedient commercial hub. Its centre is considered to be the railway station, which was built in 1937, extending to Darvall Park.
[edit] Politics
Denistone sits in the state electorate of Ryde whose member is John Watkins, Deputy Premier of NSW and the Federal electorate of Bennelong whose member is Maxine McKew, Parliamentary Secretary for the Prime Minister.
[edit] References
- ^ The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8, page 83
[edit] External links
- Denistone, New South Wales is at coordinates Coordinates:
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