Cherrybrook, New South Wales

Cherrybrook
Sydney, New South Wales

Population:

18,491

Postcode:

2126

Property Value:

AUD $640,000 (2007)

Location:

27 km (17 mi) north-west of Sydney CBD

LGA:

Hornsby Shire

State District:

Castle Hill

Federal Division:

Berowra

Suburbs around Cherrybrook:
Dural	Dural	Westleigh
Castle Hill	Cherrybrook	Westleigh
Castle Hill	West Pennant Hills	Pennant Hills

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1 History
- 1.1 European Settlement
- 1.2 Street Names
2 Transport
3 Commercial Areas
4 Education
5 Religion
6 Population
7 Sport and Recreation
8 References
9 See also
10 External links

History

European Settlement

Joseph Harrison, who had married Mary Ann Thompson, settled on a block in the area in 1839, planted orchards and built a small timber cottage they called "Cherrybrook Cottage". The name "Cherrybrook" is believed to have come from the fact they grew cherry trees near the creek, which passed through their land. [1] Their 65 acre block, which became known as "Cherrybrook Farm", had been granted originally to Mary Russell during the 1820s. The orchard at Cherrybrook Farm produced peaches, apricots, pears, plums, and citrus fruit. Many years later the property was bought by Eric Vaux, who established a dairy and kept the name Cherrybrook.

In 1959, the land was subdivided to become the first project home village in Sydney. The original bushland was bulldozed, and exhibition homes were built on cut and fill sites, then landscaped. A large number of builders erected their homes with the entire project being promoted through the Australian Women's Weekly. This initial phase was followed by further period of accelerated development during the 1980s.

Over the years Cherrybrook has changed from its semi rural area to a residential boom suburb in the 1980s.

Street Names

Many of Cherrybrook's streets are named after native plants and trees, historical figures from convict times or from local landowners. When Cherrybrook was being subdivided from 1959 onwards, the developers chose colonial architects as a theme for naming some streets. None of the colonial architects and surveyors were associated with or lived in Cherrybrook.

Francis Greenway Drive - Francis Howard Greenway (1777-1837) arrived in Australia in the convict ship General Hewitt in February 1814, having been convicted of the crime of forgery in 1812 and sentenced to transportation. Francis Howard Greenway (20 November 1777 – September 1837 was an Iconic Australian colonial Architect. Befriended by Governor Lachlan Macquarie, Greenway was employed in planning the township of Sydney. He was pardoned in 1816 and appointed as Civil Architect and Assistant Engineer in that year. He is considered a leading exponent of late Georgian architecture in Australia. He designed and built numerous large buildings, many of which are still standing. These include the lighthouse at South Head, St Matthew's at Windsor and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. [2]
Macquarie Drive - Named after the fifth Governor of NSW, Major-General Lachlan Macquarie (January 1, 1810 to December 1, 1821). [3]
Lambe Place - David Lambe (1802-1843), architect and farmer, was born in London in 1802. In May, 1823 he sought employment in Van Diemen's Land and in August he received a promise of a grant of land. Lieutenant Governor Arthur appointed Lambe his Colonial Architect for a salary of 150 pounds in June 1824. He is remembered for his connections with some of Tasmania's oldest extant buildings.
Dawes Place - William Dawes (1762-1836) was a surveyor who laid out Sydney and Parramatta, and built the first observatory in Australia, at what is now Dawes Point, Sydney.
Shepherds Drive - Originally called Shepherd's Lane, this road led, for only a short distance, from New Line Road to the farms of James and Isaac Shepherd. The road ran along the southern boundary of a 60 acre farm granted to James in 1819. He also owned 30 acres on the other side of New Line Road. In 1823 Isaac not only owned 60 acres at the end of Shepherd's Lane but also 100 acres (0. 4 km²) on the southern side of Thompsons Corner, New South Wales. Thompsons Corner is an urban locality and major road traffic junction ( Pennant Hills Road and Castle Hill road in Sydney, Australia, within the Hornsby In 1833 Isaac acquired a further 100 acres (0. 4 km²) at the end of Shepherd's Lane.
Purchase Road - John Purchase acquired 189 acres (0. 8 km²) of land at the end of this road in 1854. This road at first was his driveway. He had migrated to Australia in 1838 at the age of 32 with his wife Betsy. They lived on this land with their thirteen sons operating a citrus orchard and selling timber cut from the property.
Booth Place - Named after the Booth family who owned this land.
New Line Road - Despite the name, this is one of the oldest roads in the area. It has had many name changes. In 1828 it was "New North Road" in contrast with "Old Northern Road" which it joins at Dural. On re-alignment in 1845 it was named "The New Public Northern Road".
Boundary Road - This road joins New Line Road in Cherrybrook and marks the northern boundary of the Field of Mars Common which was established on August 12, 1804 and comprised 5,050 acres (20 km²). It did not join New Line Road until the 1960s.
Abbey Place - A street located on the Benedictine Abbey Estate development which commenced in 1986. An abbey was built on the site in 1957 but was demolished on May 31, 1988. The Benedictine Nuns sold 45 acres to Trinity Development Company who progressively released land following survey. Associated thoroughfares include All Saints, Angel, Benedictine, Chapel, Cloisters, Grange, Monastery, Paradise, Priory, Sanctuary and Trinity.
Paxton Close - also associated with the Benedictine Order. Paxton is a made-up word meaning "a ton of pax (peace)" Pax is a motto of the Benedictine Order which built and Abbey here in 1957. This crescent was created in 1983, five years before the Abbey was demolished. The name "Benedict" was selected at first but was refused.
Tallowwood Avenue - Tallowwood is a very hard timber used for flooring and window skills. Tallowwood ( Eucalyptus microcorys) is a Eucalypt species common in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. It comes from the tree Eucalyptus microcorys. [4]
Boldrewood Place is named after Rolf Boldrewood who wrote "Robbery Under Arms".
Gumnut Road - Gumnuts are the woody seed capsules produced after a gum tree has flowered. This road was formerly called Pogson's Lane until the 1920s.
Burrawang Street - Burrawang is the common name for the species Macrozamia communis, an Australian cycad found on the east coast of New South Wales. Macrozamia communis is an Australian Cycad found on the east coast of New South Wales. Cycads are a group of Seed plants characterized by a large crown of compound leaves and a stout trunk. The word burrawang is derived from the Dharuk language. The Sydney Language, also referred to as Dharug or Iyora, is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language that was spoken [5]

Transport

Cherrybrook is serviced by Hills Buses with routes linking to larger suburbs as well as to Sydney CBD (Route 620,642,654). The suburb is close to Pennant Hills railway station which is on the Northern railway line of the CityRail network. Pennant Hills station on Sydney's CityRail network serves the suburb of Pennant Hills in Sydney's Hills District The Northern Line is part of the metropolitan rail network in Sydney known as CityRail, running between North Sydney and Hornsby via Strathfield and Central For the Beijing subway line known as the CityRail Line see Line 13 Beijing Subway CityRail is an operating division of RailCorp Residents can travel by rail to Sydney CBD, Hornsby and the Central Coast. The Sydney Central business district (CBD and also referred to as the City) is the main commercial centre of Sydney, the capital of New Hornsby is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Central Coast is an urban region in the Australian state of New South Wales, located on the coast north of Sydney and south of Lake Macquarie

Commercial Areas

Cherrybrook's retail needs are serviced by Cherrybrook Village Shopping Centre (owned by JF Meridian Trust), and Appletree Shops. The Village, as it is affectionately referred to, is a fully enclosed, single level neighbourhood shopping centre, and has Woolworths as its major tenant. The Village, opened in 1989, was refurbished in 2004 at a cost of $21. 3 million.

Appletree Shops is a smaller shopping centre.

The only other retail activity in Cherrybrook is the Caltex petrol station which is located under the Cherrybrook Village car park. Caltex is a Petroleum brand name of Chevron Corporation used in more than 60 countries in the Asia-Pacific region the Middle East, and southern

Education

Cherrybrook is serviced by a number of educational institutions, including Cherrybrook Nursery & Preschool, ABC Developmental Learning Centre, Kindalin Early Childhood Learning Centre, Cherrybrook Community Pre-School, Cherrybrook Public School, John Purchase Public School, Cherrybrook Technology High School, Tangara School for Girls, and Inala, a Rudolf Steiner school supporting individuals with disabilities.

Cherrybrook Technology High School (CTHS) is currently the largest government secondary school in the state with over 1900 students and is growing larger each year, although it was built to accommodate 900 students. Cherrybrook Technology High School is a purpose built Technology High School located on Purchase Road in Cherrybrook NSW Australia

Religion

As with much of north-west Sydney, Cherrybrook also has a comparatively large number of Christian churches of many denominations. These include:

Cherrybrook Anglican Church [6]
Cherrybrook Uniting Church [7]
Cherrybrook Presbyterian Church [8]
Victory Community Christian Church (AOG)[9]
Community Life Church [10]

Population

The population of Cherrybrook was 18,491 as of the 2006 Census. See also Anglicanism The Anglican Communion is an international association of national Anglican churches The Uniting Church in Australia ( UCA) was formed on June 22 1977 when many congregations of the Methodist Church of Australasia, Presbyterianism is a family of Christian denominations within the Reformed branch of Protestant Western Christianity ^[1]

Sport and Recreation

Cherrybrook has a number of recreation areas, such as Greenway Park (including Indoor Heated Swimming Pool and a fenced Dog Park), The Lakes of Cherrybrook, Edward Bennett Oval (Soccer, Cricket), Thomas Thompson Park (Tennis, Soccer, Cricket) and a number of other small parks. Cherrybrook also has a number of walking trails and fire trails that are part of the Berowra Bushland Reserve, including the Callicoma Walk. Berowra is a Suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

References

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External links

Cherrybrook, New South Wales is at coordinates 33°43′30″S 151°02′58″E / -33.72510, 151.04931 (Cherrybrook, New South Wales)Coordinates: 33°43′30″S 151°02′58″E / -33.72510, 151.04931 (Cherrybrook, New South Wales)

The Cherrybrook Rural Fire Service is a volunteer-run community brigade that protects the community from bush fires and works closely with the SES Police Ambulance and the A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system.

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