Macquarie Park is a suburb in the north of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately 17 km north-west from the Sydney CBD in the City of Ryde. Surrounding suburbs include Marsfield, North Ryde, West Pymble, West Lindfield and Chatswood West. The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of over 4,200,000 people, and 151,920, in the city limits. ... Capital Sydney Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Professor Marie Bashir Premier Morris Iemma (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 50  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $305,437 (1st)  - Product per capita  $45,153/person (4th) Population (End of March 2006)  - Population  6,817,100 (1st)  - Density  8. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of over 4,200,000 people, and 151,920, in the city limits. ... The City of Ryde is a Local Government Area in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Marsfield is a suburb of the City of Ryde, in the Lower North Shore, of Sydney, Australia. ... North Ryde is a suburb in the north of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Pymble is a suburb in the North Shore of Sydney, Australia. ... West Lindfield is a suburb to the north of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Chatswood West is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ...

Despite the fact that Macquarie Park is now officially a separate suburb from North Ryde, many still consider it a part of North Ryde and many places inside its boundaries, especially businesses, use North Ryde addresses. This has not really been considered a problem since the two suburbs share a postcode anyway. The use of North Ryde addresses is probably due to the fact that the area was North Ryde from the late 1800s, and that North Ryde is a more widely recognised suburb. North Ryde is a suburb in the north of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ...

Major attractions to the area are the corporate prestige factor, aesthetically pleasing environment, close access to facilities such as the Macquarie Shopping Centre, Macquarie University, M2 Hills Motorway and soon to be opened Macquarie Park railway station. The Macquarie Centres main entrance and bus stop on Herring Road. ... Macquarie University is an Australian university located in Sydney. ... The M2 Hills Motorway is a toll motorway in Sydney, Australia. ... Macquarie Park railway station is located in the suburb of Macquarie Park (See also: North Ryde), Sydney at the intersection or Waterloo Road and Ryde Road. ...

History

The area was once filled by market gardens, poultry farms, and vast tracts of bushland, with many beautiful picnic spots and waterfalls. The wholesale destruction of natural bushland saw the end of this part of North Ryde's 'Green Belt'.

The "Macquarie Park Employment Area" was originally part of North Ryde until the early 1960s rezoning of 'Green Belt' land to allow for industrial activities. The initial concept for Macquarie Park was based on the idea of a similar hi-tech industrial area surrounding Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. The goal being to provided for the interaction between industries and the University. As such, during the same period, development of the Macquarie University began on adjacent land. North Ryde is a suburb in the north of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University (or simply Stanford), is a private university located approximately 37 miles (60 kilometers) southeast of San Francisco and approximately 20 miles northwest of San José in Stanford, California. ... Location of Palo Alto within Santa Clara County, California. ... Macquarie University is an Australian university located in Sydney. ...

During the 1970s companies such as Amalgamated Wireless Australasia Limited, Beiersdorf, Racal and Universal Press located their corporate headquarters in the area. Macquarie Park has since gained a reputation of being a leading high-tech industrial area in Australia. It attracts many local and international companies from high-tech fields including electronic, scientific, computing, medical, communication, pharmaceutical and business supply solutions. 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Beiersdorf AG (FWB: BEI) is a multinational corporation based in Hamburg, Germany, manufacturing personal care products. ... Racal Electronics plc was a British defence electronics firm purchased by Thomson-CSF (now Thales Group) in 2000. ...

Commerce and Business

Macquarie Park is a major centre for business in Australia and the state of New South Wales. It had a total number of 32 308 jobs in 2001, making it the fourth largest concentration of jobs in NSW after Sydney CBD, North Sydney and Parramatta. Large businesses in the suburb include: 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. ... Parramatta is a city, suburb and Local Government Area in Sydney, Australia, 25 kilometres west of the central business district (CBD) in Western Sydney. ...

• AC Neilsen
• Avaya
• AstraZeneca
• BOC
• Canon
• Cisco Systems
• Compuware
• CSC
• Fujitsu
• Fuji Xerox
• Ford Motor Co/Premiere Automotive Group (Aston Martin, Jaguar, Volvo, Land Rover)
• Foxtel
• General Motors (Holden & Saab)
• George Weston Foods
• Global Television Studios, Sydney
• Hitachi
• Hyundai (Site and buildings under construction)
• Johnson & Johnson
• Kenwood
• Kimberly-Clark
• Lucent Technologies
• Microsoft
• Nortel Networks
• Nine Network (Site and buildings under proposal, expected to be used from second half of 2007)
• Novartis
• Optus (Site and buildings under construction, expected to be used from second half of 2007)
• Oracle Corporation
• Orix
• Philips
• Raytheon
• Siemens
• Sony
• Toshiba
• Warner Music Group
• Wesfarmers Industrial & Safety

Businesses that have previously operated in Macquarie Park: ACNielsen is a U.S. marketing research firm, based in New York City. ... Avaya Inc. ... AstraZeneca PLC (LSE: AZN, NYSE: AZN), is a large Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company formed on 6 April 1999 by the merger of Swedish Astra AB and British Zeneca Group. ... The BOC Group is the official name of the multi-national industrial gas company more commonly known as BOC. As of 2003, BOC has over 44,000 employees on six continents, with sales of over £4. ... Canon Inc. ... A Cisco ASM/2-32EM router deployed at CERN in 1987. ... Skaters in front of Compuware World Headquarters, Detroit, Michigan. ... Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) NYSE: CSC is an information technology (IT) and business services company headquartered in El Segundo, California, USA. Its stated mission is to help clients achieve strategic goals and profit from the use of information technology. ... For the district in Saga, Japan, see Fujitsu, Saga. ... Fuji Xerox is a joint venture partnership between the Japanese photographic firm Fuji Photo Film Co. ... Ford may mean a number of things: A ford is a river crossing. ... Aston Martin Lagonda Limited is a manufacturer of luxury performance cars, whose headquarters are at Gaydon, Warwickshire, England in the United Kingdom. ... Jaguar Cars Limited is a British luxury car manufacturer, with headquarters in Browns Lane, Coventry, England. ... Volvo Cars is the premium car maker using the brand Volvo. ... Land Rover was the name of one of the first British civilian all-terrain utility vehicles, first produced by Rover in 1947. ... Foxtel is a cable television and satellite television company in Australia, formed through a joint venture between Telstra and News Corporation. ... General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM), also known as GM, is an American automobile maker with worldwide operations and brands including Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saturn, Saab and Vauxhall. ... This article is about the Australian car manufacturer. ... For other uses, see Saab (disambiguation). ... George Weston Foods is one of the largest consumer products companies in Australia. ... Hitachi may refer to: Hitachi (train) trains in Melbourne, Australia. ... Hyundai is a South Korean group of companies founded by Chung Joo-young in 1947 as a construction company and was once South Koreas biggest conglomerate company (Jaebul). ... Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) is a global American pharmaceutical, medical devices and consumer packaged goods manufacturer founded in 1886. ... Kenwood has multiple meanings, among them: Kenwood House in London, and its surrounding woods. ... Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) is an American corporation that produces mostly paper-based consumer products. ... On September 30, 1996, AT&T spun off its Systems and Technology units (AT&T Technologies, Inc. ... Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... TCN-9 is the Sydney flagship television station of the Nine Network in Australia. ... Novartis Suffern Yes plant is the Swiss companys sole pharmaceutical production facility in the U.S. Novartis International AG is a multinational pharmaceutical company based in Basel, Switzerland that manufactures mainstream products such as Benefiber (a fiber supplement) and Lamisil (a foot fungus medicine). ... SingTel Optus Pty Limited is the second largest telecommunications company in Australia, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Telecommunications (ASX: SGT). ... Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) is one of the major companies developing database management systems (DBMS), tools for database development, middle-tier software, enterprise resource planning software (ERP), customer relationship management software (CRM) and supply chain management (SCM) software. ... ORIX Corporation (オリックス) is financial services group based in Minato ward, Tokyo, Japan. ... Philips HQ in Amsterdam Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Royal Philips Electronics N.V.), usually known as Philips, (Euronext: PHIA, NYSE: PHG) is one of the largest electronics companies in the world. ... Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) is a major United States military contractor based in Waltham, Massachusetts. ... Siemens AG (ISIN: DE0007236101, FWB: SIE, NYSE: SI) is one of the worlds largest technology companies. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Toshiba Corporations headquarters (Center) in Hamamatsucho, Tokyo Toshiba Corporation sales by division for year ending March, 31 2005 Toshiba Corporation ) (TYO: 6502 ) is a multinational high technology electrical and electronics manufacturing firm, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. ... Warner Music Group (WMG) is one of the four major record labels. ... Wesfarmers (ASX: WES) is one of Australia’s largest public companies, and it is headquartered in Perth, Western Australia. ...

• Network Ten (until 1996)

TEN-10 is the callsign of Network Tens flagship Sydney television station. ...

Transportation

Macquarie Park is serviced by Shorelink, Busways Blacktown, Forest Coaches, Sydney Buses and Westbus bus services, and is adjacent to the M2 Hills Motorway. With the completion of Epping to Chatswood rail link in 2008 it will also have two railway stations. Shorelink is a division of Transdev which operates buses on the upper North Shore in Sydney. ... The State Transit Authority of New South Wales (STA) is an agency of the Government of New South Wales based in Sydney, Australia operating bus and ferry services. ... Westbus is a privately-owned bus service in Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... The M2 Hills Motorway (also known as the Hills M2 Motorway, M2 Motorway or simply M2) is a regular motorway in north-western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Diagram of Epping to Chatswood Line. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

Coordinates: 33°46′38″S 151°07′27″E / -33.77720, 151.12412 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

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