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Pymble is a suburb of Sydney in New South Wales . He located 16 kilometers northwest of the center of Sydney in the administrative area Ku-ring-gai Council . West Pymble is a separate suburb in Lane Cove National Park .
history
Today's Pymble was founded by Robert Pymble (1776–1861), an influential settler. In 1823 the state granted him an area of around 2.5 square kilometers and thus around half of today's urban area. The other half was taken over by Daniel der Matthew's, who built the first sawmill in the region.
Even before the region was first settled, members of the Cammeraygal tribe lived in what is now Pymble. They held corroborees regularly and "camped on the hill at the intersection of Merrivale Road and Selwyn Street." According to reports from Robert Pymble II, the son of the town's founder, "the Aborigines had almost disappeared around 1856, mainly because of smallpox ".
Shortly after the founding of Sydney, Pymble played an important role, especially for the construction industry, as large deliveries of wood of various types of eucalyptus came from there . Over time, however, the landscape changed and the local settlers specialized in fruit and vegetable growing . The region became famous for its high quality oranges , which were cultivated by more and more farmers from 1828 . At the end of the 1870s, the landscape changed again and more and more residential and commercial buildings were built. In 1883, the Australian Joint Stock Bank opened the first bank in Pymble. The economic center of the city initially formed around its headquarters on Pymble Hill. However, since the rail connection with the Pymble Railway Station was at the foot of Pymble Hill, the focus of urban life soon shifted there. The first Australia Post branch opened on August 6, 1890, in the immediate vicinity of the train station .
Economy and Infrastructure
Today, Pymble is home to many commuters who work in Sydney, 10 miles away. The city lies on the Pacific Highway and through the of Sydney Trains operated North Shore, Northern & Western Line to the transport network Sydney's connected. Shorelink buses also operate from Pymble Railway Station, serving Line 579 to East Turramurra and 560 to West Pymble. The water supply comes from the Pymble Reservoir, built in 1900. The city has three business parks, Grandview Street, Pacific Highway, and Bridge Street and West Street . The oldest school in town is Pymble Ladies' College , founded in 1916, which teaches girls between the ages of five and 18 and whose graduates include actress Jacqueline McKenzie , judge Elizabeth Evatt and tennis player Sophie Ferguson . In addition to the state primary school, which Hugh Jackman also attended, the Catholic Church also has a primary school in Pymble.
Sightseeing and recreation
The Ku-ring-gai Council is located on Pymble Hill. The building was erected in 1934 and originally served as a church. Today it is a listed building. The oldest remaining building in town is the Pymble Chapel. It was built in 1879 and housed the city's Methodist community. St Swithun's Anglican Church, built in 1938 on Telegraph Road, is the only church building in Australia dedicated to Saint Swithin . The Pymble Soldiers Memorial is located on Mona Vale Road and commemorates the town's soldiers who died in various wars. There are also several parks and recreational areas in the urban area of Pymbles. Among other things, one of the last high forests of Sydney made of blue eucalyptus can be found, also in Mona Vale Road .
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- A. David Buckingham (born 1930), chemist
- Sophie Luck (* 1989), actress
- Alexei Popyrin (* 1999), tennis player
Famous residents
- Errol Flynn (1909-1959), actor
- John Clive Ward (1924-2000), British physicist
- John Newcombe (born 1944), tennis player
- Hugh Jackman (born 1968), actor
- Stirling Mortlock (born 1977), rugby player
Web links
literature
- Max Farley: Historic Notes: Old Pymble Town . In: Ku-Ring-Gai Historical Society Inc. (Ed.): Ku-Ring-Gai Historical Society Monthly Newsletter . Vol. 27, No. 5 . Ku-Ring-Gai Historical Society Inc., Gordon, NSW May 2009, p. 4 ( PDF ; 373 kB [accessed October 29, 2013]).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Pymble ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
- ^ J. Kohen: The Ku-ring-gai Tribe . In: Ku-Ring-Gai Historical Society Inc. (Ed.): Focus on Ku-ring-gai: The story of Ku-ring-gai's growth and development . Ku-Ring-Gai Historical Society Inc., Lindfield 1996, ISBN 978-0-9598673-2-9 , pp. 13 .
- ^ Les G. Thorne, John William Leslie Jillett: A history of North Shore, Sydney from 1788 to today . Angus & Robertson, Sydney 1979, ISBN 978-0-207-13725-9 , pp. 39 .
- ↑ Zeny Edwards: Pymble . In: Dictionary of Sydney . Dictionary of Sydney Trust. 2010. Retrieved October 29, 2013.