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Chatswood is a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Chatswood is located 10 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the local government area of the City of Willoughby. Chatswood West is a separate suburb. Chatswood is colloquially known as 'Chatty', 'Chawoo', 'Chatswong' or 'Shitswood'. This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... NSW redirects here. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 365 KB) Chatswood pedestrian mall, facing west towards Chatswood railway station. ... Chatswood track layout including ECR Chatswood is a CityRail railway station on the North Shore railway line in Sydney, Australia, at the business centre of Chatswood. ... 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History

Chatswood was named after Charlotte Hartnett, wife of then Mayor of Willoughby, Richard Hartnett (a pioneer of the district) and the original "wooded" nature of the area. The moniker derives from her nickname "Chattie" and was shortened from Chattie's Wood to Chatswood. There are no confirmed reports of Charlotte being very talkative, otherwise it would have made the nickname a lovely coincidence.

Residential settlement of Chatswood began in 1876 and grew with the installation of the North Shore railway line in 1890 and also increased with the opening of the Harbour Bridge in 1932. ^[1]

Geography

The main thoroughfare is Victoria Avenue, which travels east-west is dissected by the railway line. Most of Victoria Avenue lies to the east of the Chatswood railway station, with only a few hundred metres to the west of the railway line, until it ends at the Pacific Highway. To drive from one end of Victoria Avenue to the other, it is necessary to detour via Help Street. Pedestrians can cross directly over the railway line, via the railway station. Chatswood track layout including ECR Chatswood is a CityRail railway station on the North Shore railway line in Sydney, Australia, at the business centre of Chatswood. ... This article is about the Pacific Highway between the Queensland/New South Wales border and Sydney. ...

The Interchange was a small shopping centre and bus interchange built in the late 1980s which provided pedestrian access between the two halves of Victoria Avenue. Demolition of The Interchange began in April 2005 to accommodate the construction of the Epping to Chatswood railway line. The Epping to Chatswood line (originally known as the Parramatta Rail Link) is a railway line under construction in the Northern suburbs of Sydney, Australia. ...

From the train station proceeding east, Victoria Avenue is a mall with pedestrian access only to Chatswood Westfield and Lemon Grove Shopping Mall, it then reverts to a road continues past Chatswood Chase into residential parts of the suburb, towards Willoughby. Willoughby is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ...

Commercial Area

Chatswood is a major commercial and retail hub of the North Shore district. It has two major shopping centres, several high rise office and apartment towers The retail half of Chatswood lies mainly to the east of the train line, whereas the majority of high rise office buildings lie to the west. Chatswood has the Australian headquarters of Vodafone and offices of companies such as Nortel Networks, Optus, Smith's Snackfood, IBM and [[NEC Corporation|NEC], Cisco Systems. A number of high-density residential towers are also located around Chatswood. The North Shore or Northern Suburbs refers to those suburbs of Sydney, Australia which are located on the north shore of Sydney Harbour, and between Middle Harbour and the Lane Cove River. ... For the traditional meaning of the word mall, see mall. ... Vodafone Group Plc is a mobile network operator headquartered in Newbury, Berkshire, England, UK. It is the largest mobile telecommunications network company in the world by turnover and has a market value of about Â£84. ... Nortel Networks Corporation TSX: NT NYSE: NT, formerly known as Northern Telecom Limited and now known simply as Nortel, is a multinational telecommunications equipment manufacturer headquartered in Toronto, Canada. ... SingTel Optus Pty Limited is the second largest telecommunications company in Australia, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Telecommunications (ASX: ). The company primarily trades under the Optus brand, while maintaining several wholly owned subsidiary brands, such as Virgin Mobile Australia and Boost Mobile in the mobile telephony market... The Smiths Snackfood Company is a company best known for producing and selling a range of snack food such as crisps/chips in Australia (despite being started in the UK). ... For other uses, see IBM (disambiguation) and Big Blue. ...

'Chatswood Chase', completed in 1983, features a David Jones store, K Mart, Coles and 120 specialty stores, focusing on designer-label brands. Westfield Chatswood features a Myer store, Target, Coles supermarket and Hoyts cinema complex, and 300 speciality stores. There is a second Hoyts cinema complex in the smaller shopping centre called the 'Mandarin Centre'. David Jones Limited (ASX:), colloquially known as DJs, is an Australian retailing company. ... Kmart Corporation was a US based corporation until it merged with Sears Holdings in November 2004. ... The name Coles has many meanings: Coles in business: Coles Supermarkets is a supermarket chain in Australia Coles Myer, owner of the Coles supermarket chain. ... Myer Emporium. ... Target Australia Pty Ltd is an Australian discount department store chain owned by Coles Group. ... Coles Supermarkets is an Australian supermarket chain owned by Coles Group. ... Current Logo of Hoyts Cinemas Australia introduced in Jan 2007 Hoyts is an Australian chain of cinema multiplexes. ...

'Westfield Chatswood', owned and managed by The Westfield Group, originally opened in January 30 1986 and was redeveloped in the late 1990s to incorporate a previously free-standing Grace Bros store. Major stores in the centre include Myer, Coles, Target, Toys 'R' Us, JB Hi-Fi and Rebel Sport.[1] The centre also includes a 6 screen Hoyts cinema complex. Westfield Chatswood has its own parking station and is a two-minute walk from Chatswood station. 'Lemon Grove' is a small shopping centre located opposite the pedestrian mall. Westfield Chatswood is a large shopping centre in the suburb of Chatswood in the North Shore area of Sydney. ... The Westfield Group is a multinational company that owns shopping centres in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. ... Grace Bros was an Australian department store chain, founded in 1885. ... Myer Emporium. ... Coles Supermarkets is an Australian supermarket chain owned by Coles Group. ... This article is about the United States retail company. ... Toys Ð¯ Us NYSE: TOY is a toy store chain based in the United States. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Briscoe Group is a New Zealand retail chain. ... Current Logo of Hoyts Cinemas Australia introduced in Jan 2007 Hoyts is an Australian chain of cinema multiplexes. ... Chatswood track layout including ECR Chatswood is a CityRail railway station on the North Shore railway line in Sydney, Australia, at the business centre of Chatswood. ...

Since the beginning of the 1990s, a relatively high percentage of immigrants from Hong Kong, China and a few other southeast-Asian groups have settled in the area. This has provided a good selection of Cantonese, Vietnamese and Greek restaurants and eateries. Yue cuisine Chinese: Cantonese (Yue) cuisine originates from Guangdong Province in Southern China, or more precisely, the area around Guangzhou (Canton). ... Modern Vietnamese cuisine is heavily influenced by the French colonists. ...

The Melody Markets are held each Thursday in Chatswood Mall, Victoria Avenue and feature food and craft stalls. Often there is live music performing in the centre of the mall including bands from students in the surrounding schools. Visitors can also challenge each other on the giant chess board.

Transport

Chatswood railway station is on the North Shore Line of the CityRail network. Rail services run south to the Sydney CBD and continue west to Strathfield and beyond. Rail services run north to Hornsby and peak hour services run to Gosford, Wyong and Newcastle. An extension of the Northern line will soon see North Sydney connect via Chatswood to North Ryde and Epping. Chatswood track layout including ECR Chatswood is a CityRail railway station on the North Shore railway line in Sydney, Australia, at the business centre of Chatswood. ... A North Shore Line train crossing the Sydney Harbour Bridge. ... This article is on the commuter rail network centred on Sydney, Australia. ... Strathfield is an Inner West suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Hornsby is the seat of Hornsby Shire, in the North Shore region of Sydney, Australia. ... Gosford is the main city of the Central Coast of New South Wales, located approximately 50 km north of the Sydney Central Business District (CBD) in a straight line, but somewhat further by road due to the shape of the coastline. ... Wyong Country: Australia State: New South Wales Location: 33Â°16â€²S 151Â°25â€²E Wyong Council Area: 744. ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... 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. ... See also: North Sydney, Nova Scotia North Sydney is the name of a suburb, local and federal government area, and commercial district on the northern shore of Sydney Harbour in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... North Ryde is a suburb in the north of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Epping is a suburb in north-west Sydney, Australia, approximately 18-20km from the central business district. ...

Chatswood is also a major bus terminus with services to Bondi Junction, Sydney, North Sydney, Mosman, Balmoral Beach, Manly, Warringah Mall/Brookvale, UTS Ku-ring-gai, Belrose, Narrabeen, Mona Vale, Eastwood, Gladesville, West Ryde, North Ryde, Macquarie University, Macquarie Park, Parramatta and Dundas. There is also an interstate bus service stopping at Chatswood from Sydney to Brisbane via the North Coast, New South Wales. Bondi Junction is a suburb of Australia, about 5 kilometres east of the central business district. ... See also: North Sydney, Nova Scotia North Sydney is the name of a suburb, local and federal government area, and commercial district on the northern shore of Sydney Harbour in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Mosman is a local council area and suburb in the North Shore of Sydney, Australia. ... Balmoral Beach is arguably one of the most picturesque beaches in Sydney. ... Look up Manly in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Manly may refer to: Manly, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia Manly, Queensland is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia Manly, Iowa is a city in the United States of America Manly is also an adjective referring to masculinity. ... Warringah Mall is a large indoor/outdoor shopping centre on Sydneys Northern Beaches in the suburb of Brookvale. ... Brookvale is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... The UTS tower on Broadway UTS tower The University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), is a university in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... (Bel-rose) A suburb on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Narrabeen is a Sydney, Australia beach suburb and locality, one of the Northern Beaches of Sydney. ... Mona Vale is a small town located on the northern beaches of Sydney, Australia. ... Eastwood is a large suburb in the north of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Gladesville is an affluent North Shore suburb in Lower Northern Sydney. ... West Ryde is a suburb in Lower Northern Sydney, Australia. ... North Ryde is a suburb in the north of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Macquarie University is an Australian university located in Sydney. ... Macquarie Park is a suburb in the north of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... For other uses, see Brisbane (disambiguation). ... The North Coast refers to the region adjoining the Pacific Ocean in the north-eastern part of the State of New South Wales, Australia. ...

Chatswood is on the major arteries of Pacific Highway, Mowbray Road, Boundary Street, Willoughby Road and Eastern Valley Way. This article is about the Pacific Highway between the Queensland/New South Wales border and Sydney. ...

Schools

Chatswood is home to private and public, primary and secondary schools. These include:

Other schools within the vicinity are easily accessible by bus or train. St Pius X College is a Roman Catholic, non-selective, high school for boys, located in Chatswood, a North Shore suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... , Chatswood High School is a public, co-educational high school, located in Chatswood, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ...

Hotels

Parks

Chatswood Oval is located south of the railway station and features a grandstand and seating surrounding the oval. It is one of the Lower North Shore's largest sportsgrounds, and home ground of the Gordon Rugby Football Club. Chatswood is close to Lane Cove National Park. Gordon Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club based on the North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales. ... Lane Cove is a national park in New South Wales (Australia), 11 km north of Sydney. ...

Population

According to the 2006 Australian Bureau of Statistics Census of Population and Housing, the population of Chatswood was 13,513, in area of 3.55km sq. The gender ratio of the suburb was Males 46% and Females 54%. The proportion of residents born in Australia was 34.7%. Australian Bureau of Statistics logo The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is the Australian government agency that collects and publishes statistical information about Australia. ... Image:1870 census Lindauer Weber 01. ...

Demographics

Of the 65% of residents born overseas in Chatswood, most were born in China (10.8%), Hong Kong (7.6%), South Korea (7.3%), Taiwan (3.3%) and Japan (2.5%). 39.3% of people in Chatswood speak only English and 60.7% of the population speak a language other than English. The second largest language group are Chinese languages (27.7% of population), followed by Korean (7.6%), Japanese (2.9%), Indonesian (1.6%), Italian (1.5%), Croatian (0.7%), Arabic (0.4%), Tagalog (0.4%) and Greek (0.4%). Chinese (written) language (pinyin: zhōngwén) written in Chinese characters The Chinese language (汉语/漢語, 华语/華語, or 中文; Pinyin: Hànyǔ, Huáyǔ, or Zhōngwén) is a member of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages. ... Arabic redirects here. ... Tagalog (pronunciation: ) is one of the major languages of the Republic of the Philippines. ...

Religious affiliation in the suburb are as follows, Non Religious(24.6%), Catholic (22.6%), Anglican (10.4%), Buddhism (8.1%), and Presbyterian & Reformed (4.4%). The term Anglican describes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially following the Reformation. ... Buddhism is a variety of teachings, sometimes described as a religion[1] or way of life that attempts to identify the causes of human suffering and offer various ways that are claimed to end, or ease suffering. ... Presbyterianism is part of the Reformed churches family of denominations of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin which traces its institutional roots to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox. ...

Culture

Willoughby Spring Festival

The Willoughby Spring Festival is an annual event in Chatswood. The festival is the second-largest in Lower Northern Sydney and is a testimony to a modern, multicultural and prosperous Chatswood. For more information visit Spring Festival. Lower Northern Sydney more commonly and locally known as the Sydney Lower North Shore, is an official region of Sydney and is arguably the most prestigious in Australia. ...

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