Hornsby Shire
Geography
State:	New South Wales
Region:	Metropolitan Sydney
Area:	462 km²
Council seat:	Hornsby
List of suburbs or localities
Demographics
Population: - Density	155,971 338 / km²
Born in Australia:	65.9%
Indigenous Australian origin:	0.3%
Government
Hornsby Shire Council http://www.hornsby.nsw.gov.au/
Mayor:	Nick Berman (2004)
Deputy Mayor:	{{{deputymayor}}}
Federal electorates:	Berowra, Bennelong
State electorates:	Hornsby, Epping, Hawkesbury,The Hills

Hornsby Shire is a vast Local Government Area in the North Shore region of Sydney, Australia. The estimated population of Hornsby Shire as of June 2003 was 155,971 (Australian Bureau of Statistics). Image File history File links Hornsby_lga_sydney. ... The Australian States and Territories comprise the Commonwealth of Australia under a federal system of government. ... Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Nickname: First State, Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Governor Premier Const. ... This is a list of regions in Australia that are not Australian states or territories. ... Sydney is the capital city of the Australian state of New South Wales and Australias largest and oldest city (founded in 1788). ... This article explains the meaning of area as a Physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Hornsby is the seat of Hornsby Shire, in the North Shore region of Sydney, Australia. ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ... A 19th century engraving of an indigenous Australian encampment. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ... Berowra is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. ... Bennelong is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. ... Local Government Area (abbreviated LGA) is a term used in Australia (and especially by the Australian Bureau of Statistics) to refer to areas controlled by each individual Local Government. ... The North Shore 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. ... Sydney is the capital city of the Australian state of New South Wales and Australias largest and oldest city (founded in 1788). ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January events January 1 Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ... The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is the Australian government agency that collects and publishes statistical information about Australia. ...

Suburbs of the local government area

Suburbs in Hornsby Shire are:

• Apple Tree Bay
• Arcadia
• Asquith
• Beauty Point
• Beecroft
• Berowra
• Berowra Heights
• Berowra Waters
• Berrilee
• Bobbin Head
• Brooklyn
• Canoelands
• Carlingford Court
• Cheltenham
• Cheltenham Heights
• Cherrybrook
• Collingridge Point
• Cowan
• Cowan Creek
• Cowan North
• Dangar Island
• Dural
• Epping
• Epping Heights
• Epping West
• Fiddletown
• Fishermans Point
• Forest Glen
• Galston
• Hawkesbury River
• Hookhams Corner
• Hornsby
• Hornsby Heights
• Hornsby Northgate
• Hornsby South
• Kangaroo Point
• Laughtondale
• Long Island
• Lower Hawkesbury
• Maroota North
• Milson Island
• Milsons Passage
• Mount Colah
• Mount Kuringgai
• Normanhurst
• Normanhurst West
• North Epping
• North Pennant Hills
• Pearces Corner
• Peats Ferry
• Pennant Hills
• Roselea
• Round Corner
• Singletons Mill
• Thompsons Corner
• Thornleigh
• Waitara
• Waitara East
• Westleigh

Arcadia is a suburb of Sydney, Australia. ... Asquith is a northern suburb of Sydney, Australia located near Hornsby, New South Wales, in the Hornsby Shire. ... Beauty Point is a piece of land protruding into the Middle Harbour of Sydney Harbour, Australia. ... Beecroft is a suburb of Sydney, Australia, within the Hornsby Shire local government area, about 20 kilometres north-west of the central business district. ... Berowra is a suburb in the Shire of Hornsby in Australia and is located 40km to the north of the Sydney central business district. ... Berowra Heights is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Berowra Waters is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Berrilee is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Bobbin Head is a locality in Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Brooklyn is a small town in New South Wales, Australia, 35 kilometres north of Sydneys central business district. ... Canoelands, New South Wales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Cheltenham is a suburb of Sydney, Australia, within the Hornsby Shire local government area, about 20 kilometres north-west of the Central Business District. ... Cherrybrook is a suburb of Sydney, Australia, within the Hornsby Shire local government area, about 25 kilometres noth-west of the central business district. ... Cowan is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Dangar Island is a small forested island in the Hawkesbury River, just north of Sydney, Australia. ... Dural is a semi-rural suburb 36km north-west of the central business district of Sydney, Australia, in the shires of Hornsby and Baulkham Hills. ... Epping is a suburb in north-west Sydney, Australia, approximately 18-20km from the central business district. ... Fiddletown is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Forest Glen is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Famous for the Galston Gorge winding road between Galston and Hornsby, and also historical Waddell Cottage (situated next to Galston High School) the former family home of one of the original orchard growers in the area. ... Hornsby is the seat of Hornsby Shire, in the North Shore region of Sydney, Australia. ... Hornsby Heights is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Kangaroo Point is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Laughtondale is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Situated about 50km north of Sydney, across Sandbrook Inlet from Brooklyn, Long Island is one of a number of small, forested islands of the Hawkesbury River. ... Milson Island is located in New South Wales, Australia. ... Milsons Passage is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Mount Colah is a suburb in the north of Sydney, Australia. ... Normanhurst is an outer northwestern suburb of Sydney. ... North Epping is a suburb in north-west Sydney, Australia, approximately 18-20km from the central business district. ... Pennant Hills is a suburb of Sydney, Australia within the Hornsby Shire local government area, about 22 kilometres north-west of the central business district. ... Round Corner is a locality of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Singletons Mill is a locality in Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Thompsons Corner is a major road traffic junction in Sydney, Australia, within the Hornsby Shire local government area, 25 kilometres north-west of the Central Business District. ... Thornleigh is a suburb of Sydney, Australia, within the Hornsby Shire local government area, about 22 kilometres north-west of the central business district. ... Waitara is an area near Hornsby. ... Westleigh is a suburb of Sydney, Australia, within the Hornsby Shire local government area, about 24 kilometres north-west of the Central Business District. ...

History

Hornsby Shire was originally occupied by the Dharug and Ku-ring-gai tribes of Indigenous Australians. While the northern part of the Shire (via the Hawkesbury River) was visited by the first European settlers in late 1788, due to the Shire's rugged landscape permanent Europen settlement did not begin until almost half a century later. A 19th century engraving of an indigenous Australian encampment. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... 1788 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

Hornsby Shire got its name from the town of Hornsby at the eastern end of the Shire, believed to be derived from Convict-turned-Constable Samuel Henry Horne, who earned distinction by capturing bushrangers Dalton and MacNamara on June 22, 1830. In return he was granted land in the locality known as "Horne's grant". Hornsby is the seat of Hornsby Shire, in the North Shore region of Sydney, Australia. ... A Constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly that of law-enforcement. ... Bushrangers were criminals who used the Australian bush as a refuge to hide from the authorities between committing their robberies, roughly analogous to the British-American highwayman. Their targets often included small-town banks or coach services. ... June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ... 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Hornsby Shire has remained largely rural for many decades. The construction of the Northern Railway Line (see Cityrail) in the 1880s opened up the Shire to the rest of Sydney and also to Newcastle, but it was not until motor vehicles became commonplace in the 1950s that the southern part of the Shire truly became part of Sydney's suburbia. CityRail is the name of the extensive system of urban, suburban and interurban passenger railways based on metropolitan Sydney, the capital city of the State of New South Wales, Australia. ... // Events and Trends Technology Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ... Looking towards the baths, from the Bogey Hole Newcastle is Australias sixth largest city and the second largest in the state of New South Wales. ... // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the the baby boom from returning GIs who...

Geography

Hornsby calls itself the 'Bushland Shire'. This is in reference to its location on a high ridge separating two expansive areas of natural bushland: The Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park on the eastern side and the Berowra Valley Regional Park on the western side. These provide large areas of natural parkland that form a greenbelt running from Sydney at the south to the Hawkesbury River at the Shire's northern end. These parks are extremely popular with day-trippers from all areas of Sydney and provides diverse recreations such as bushwalking and boating. Ku-ring-gai Chase is a national park in New South Wales (Australia), 25 km north of Sydney located largely within the Ku-ring-gai Council municipal area. ... For other uses of the word Greenbelt, see Greenbelt (disambiguation). ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

The northern half of Hornsby Shire remains a semi-rural area, retaining a number of farmlands and market gardens. The village of Galston is the centre of this rural area. Famous for the Galston Gorge winding road between Galston and Hornsby, and also historical Waddell Cottage (situated next to Galston High School) the former family home of one of the original orchard growers in the area. ...

The southern half of the Shire is urban, forming part of Sydney's suburbia. Traditionally most of the Shire's residents live in free-standing houses, but in recent years a number of semi-detached housings as well as high-density apartments have appeared around the town of Hornsby. Hornsby is the seat of Hornsby Shire, in the North Shore region of Sydney, Australia. ...

The Shire has two industrial areas, in Hornsby and Thornleigh. The major commercial centres of Shire are the town of Hornsby; the suburbs of Pennant Hills, Epping, and Carlingford. Hornsby is the seat of Hornsby Shire, in the North Shore region of Sydney, Australia. ... Thornleigh is a suburb of Sydney, Australia, within the Hornsby Shire local government area, about 22 kilometres north-west of the central business district. ... Hornsby is the seat of Hornsby Shire, in the North Shore region of Sydney, Australia. ... Pennant Hills is a suburb of Sydney, Australia within the Hornsby Shire local government area, about 22 kilometres north-west of the central business district. ... Epping is a suburb in north-west Sydney, Australia, approximately 18-20km from the central business district. ... Carlingford Village Shopping Centre. ...

Local attractions in the Hornsby Shire include its easily accessible wilderness areas, many parkland recreational facilities such as Fagan Park at Galston and Pennant Hills Park, and Koala Park, a popular koala sanctuary in West Pennant Hills. There are marinas in Hornsby at Bobbin Head on Cowan Creek, Berowra Waters on Berowra Creek, and the village of Brooklyn on the Hawkesbury River. Binomial name Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss, 1817) The Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus; sometimes also spelled Phascolarctus cinereus) is a thickset arboreal marsupial herbivore native to Australia, and the only representative of its family, Phascolarctidae. ... Bobbin Head is a locality in Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Berowra Waters is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Brooklyn is a small town in New South Wales, Australia, 35 kilometres north of Sydneys central business district. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

Hornsby is also known the Bushland Shire for the large area of bushland contained within the Shire. The term bushland usually refers to an area that has only a sparse flora and fauna. ...

Infrastructure

Transport

The urban areas of Hornsby is serviced by two railway lines (the Northern Line and the North Shore Line) of the CityRail network. The Northern Line is part of the metropolitan rail network in Sydney known as CityRail. ... The North Shore Line is a part of the metropolitan rail network in Sydney, Australia, operated by CityRail. ... CityRail is the name of the extensive system of urban, suburban and interurban passenger railways based on metropolitan Sydney, the capital city of the State of New South Wales, Australia. ...

The Northern Line forms an arc which begins at the Sydney central business district (CBD), going through the Inner Western suburbs, turns north and enters the Hornsby Shire at its south-western end, heading north-east to the town of Hornsby, then proceeds northward to the city of Newcastle and beyond. The North Shore Line begins at the central business district, crossing the Sydney Harbour Bridge and passing through North Sydney, then proceeds northward until terminating at the town Hornsby. The Sydney central business district (CBD) is, commercially, the most important in Australia. ... King Street in Newtown, an inner-city suburb of Sydneys Inner West The Inner West of Sydney is an area which encompasses the inner-city suburbs of Sydney located immediately adjacent to, and west of the central business district. ... Hornsby is the seat of Hornsby Shire, in the North Shore region of Sydney, Australia. ... Looking towards the baths, from the Bogey Hole Newcastle is Australias sixth largest city and the second largest in the state of New South Wales. ... The Sydney Harbour Bridge is one of the major landmarks of Sydney, Australia, connecting the Sydney central business district (CBD) with the North Shore commercial and residential areas, both of which are located on Sydney Harbour. ... North Sydney is a suburb and commercial district in the Local Government Area of North Sydney Council on the North Shore 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. ...

Because Hornsby Shire is somewhat deficient in bus transports, its residents typically rely heavily on family motor vehicles. Moreover, being the northern gateway of Sydney means that thousands of heavy trucks pass through Hornsby Shire every day and night. The main roads within the Shire are the F3 Freeway (which is managed federally), running from the Wahroonga northward to the city of Newcastle; the Pacific Highway, running from Wahroonga southward to the CBD; the Pennant Hills Road (part of Cumberland Highway), running from Hornsby westward to Parramatta; and part of the M2 tollway. Wahroonga is a suburb of Sydney, Australia. ... Looking towards the baths, from the Bogey Hole Newcastle is Australias sixth largest city and the second largest in the state of New South Wales. ... Parramatta is a suburb in the City of Parramatta in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ...

Education

Hornsby Shire has numerous schools, both government and private. Government schools can either be selective or comprehensive; private schools are typically run by Catholic, Anglican, or non-denominational Christian groups. Single-sex schools are somewhat more common in Hornsby Shire than in other parts of Sydney. Regardless of the type of school, however, their academic results are generally above that of the state average. Because Hornsby Shire is often seen as a desirable place to raise schoolchildren, even comprehensive government schools can have long waiting lists. The Anglican Church of Australia, a member church of the Anglican Communion, was previously officially known as the Church of England in Australia (renamed in 1981). ...

There is also a TAFE College at the town of Hornsby. In Australia, Technical and Further Education or TAFE institutions are those which offer a wide range of post-secondary education and training, generally in vocational fields (such as hospitality, tourism, construction, woodwork, secretarial skills, community work, etc), often at a level of difficulty below that of a corresponding or related... Hornsby is the seat of Hornsby Shire, in the North Shore region of Sydney, Australia. ...

Hospitals

Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital at the town of Hornsby is the main public hospital for the Upper North Shore. There are a number of private hospitals in the nearby area including the Sydney Adventist Hospital which is a major hospital serving the North Shore Region, which is actually located in the adjacent Municipality of Ku-ring-gai. Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital is a hospital in Sydney, Australia, located on Palmerston Road in Hornsby. ... Hornsby is the seat of Hornsby Shire, in the North Shore region of Sydney, Australia. ... The North Shore 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. ... Sydney Adventist Hospital, or commonly The San, is a large private hospital in Sydney, Australia, located on Fox Valley Road in Wahroonga. ... Ku-ring-gai Council is a Local Government Area in the North Shore region of Sydney. ...

Other facilities

Hornsby Shire has five public libraries, three public swimming pools ("Aquatic Centres"), and a range of other sporting and community facilities. Modern-style library In the traditional sense of the word, a library is a collection of books and periodicals. ...

Politics

The Hornsby Shire Council (established in 1906) is the local government authority of Hornsby Shire. The Council consists of nine councillors (three for each of the three wards of approximately equal population), plus a popularly-elected mayor, all elected for a four-year term. Traditionally, "independent" councillors who had close ties with the Liberal Party of Australia dominated the Council; however the current Council (elected in 2004) has three councillors from the Australian Labor Party, plus one from the Australian Greens. 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian liberal conservative political party. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ... The Australian Greens is the national Greens party in Australia. ...

Hornsby Shire is divided between the New South Wales state elatorates of Hornsby and The Hills, while federally it lies within the electorate of Berowra. These have always been "safe" Liberal seats; the current Federal Australian House of Representatives member for Berowra is Philip Ruddock, who, while considered a controversial figure by many Australians, is well-supported by the largely conservative residents of the Berowra Electorate. Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Nickname: First State, Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Governor Premier Const. ... The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian liberal conservative political party. ... Australian House of Representatives chamber Entrance to the House of Representatives The Australian House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Australia. ... Philip Maxwell Ruddock (born March 12, 1943), Australian politician, is Attorney-General in the Coalition Government of Australian Prime Minister John Howard. ...

External links

• 2001 Census Information