Terrey Hills, New South Wales

Terrey Hills
Sydney, New South Wales

Aboriginal rock carving, Larool Road
Population: 2,876[1]
Postcode: 2084
Location: 25 km (16 mi) north of Sydney CBD
LGA: Warringah Council
State District: Pittwater
Federal Division: Mackellar
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
21.8 °C
71 °F		 13.2 °C
56 °F		 1,021 mm
40.2 in
Suburbs around Terrey Hills:
Duffys Forest Kuring-gai Chase National Park
Kuring-gai Chase National Park Terrey Hills Ingleside
Belrose Belrose

Terrey Hills is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Terrey Hills is located 25 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Warringah Council and is part of the Northern Beaches region.[2]

Terrey Hills is also considered to be part of the Forest District, colloquially known as The Forest. Terrey Hills is a very leafy suburb and in some areas semi-rural, with many people boarding their horses in the area.

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History

Terrey Hills owes its name to the two original land holders Samuel Hills and Obediah James Terrey. Obediah Terrey acquired 640 acres (2.6 km2) in 1881 and Samuel Hills owned 100 acres (0.40 km2) nearby.[3]

The area was naturally used by Aborigines prior to European settlement, and rock carvings exist in some places. One set of carvings is located near Larool Road [4] and depicts hunting scenes with kangaroos, human figures and footprints.

Commercial area

The shopping centre includes an IGA supermarket, a Post Office, specialty shops and a number of restaurants and landscaping and plant suppliers.

Warringah Council has its Volunteer Services Centre located in Thompson Drive. Terrey Hills is home to the Rural Fire Service (RFS), State Emergency Service (SES), Marine Rescue NSW, Citizens Radio Emergency Services Team (CREST) & the Wireless Institute Civil Emergency Network (WICEN) under the auspices of the Radio Society (MWRS).

Transport

Terrey Hills is also home to the Forest coach lines depot, which provides regular bus services to the city and to close suburbs such as Belrose, Davidson and Frenchs Forest, as well as the surrounding area. There is also a regular bus to Macquarie University and Macquarie shopping centre. Mona Vale Road is the main road through Terrey Hills, connecting it to the rest of the Northern Beaches to the east, and suburbs such as Chatswood, Hornsby and North Ryde to the west.

Education

Terrey Hills is home to six schools:

Sport and recreation

There are also sporting facilities including two golf courses, two tennis centres with numerous courts available, and several BMX tracks where competitions and races are held. Rotary International has a branch in Terrey Hills branch, that meets regularly at one of the local restaurants.

The Manly-Warringah Radio Society (VK2MB), the local northern beaches Amateur Radio club, has its meetings at the Terrey Hills Girl Guides hall every Wednesday evening.

The Terrey Hills Wolves are the local Rugby Union Club. They play in the Sydney Suburban Rugby sixth division Meldrum Cup competition. Their clubhouse is on the club's home ground, Yulong Oval. The local soccer team is The Belrose Terrey Hills Raiders.

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Terrey Hills (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC11975&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2008-02-28. 
  2. ^ Gregory's Sydney Street Directory, Gregory's Publishing Company, 2007
  3. ^ Book of Sydney Suburbs, Francis Pollon, Angus and Robertson, 1990, page 254
  4. ^ Gregory's Sydney Street Directory, Gregory's Publishing Company, 1983-1984

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