Eastwood

Beverley McClymont

doi:10.5130/sj.v3i2.2391

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5130/sj.v3i2.2391

Keywords:

Eastwood, Eastwood estates, surburbanisation, railway, Granny Smith,

Beverley McClymont

Abstract

A train journey from Sydney Central to Strathfield and thence north on the Hornsby rail line will bring a traveller to the suburb of Eastwood, some 21 kilometres from the city. Leaving the train to travel on to Hornsby and stepping out of the station on the east or west side, the visitor will see a busy suburban shopping centre, illustrating the fact that Eastwood developed around the railway station when the service began in 1886. However, the town's history goes back to the eighteenth century and even to earlier times, when the Wallumedegal Aboriginal people lived in the territory bounded by the Lane Cove and Parramatta rivers. The people were part of the Dharug group and they called their country Wallumetta.

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Vol 3 No 2 (2011)

Section

Sydney's Suburbs

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Author Biography

Beverley McClymont

Beverley McClymont, OAM, is an enthusiastic local historian with special interest in historical architecture and the work of Australian architects and the conservation and presentation of Brush Farm House at Eastwood.

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