Terrey Hills

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Terrey Hills
State : AustraliaAustralia Australia
State : Flag of New South Wales.svg New South Wales
City : Sydney
Coordinates : 33 ° 41 ′  S , 151 ° 13 ′  E Coordinates: 33 ° 41 ′  S , 151 ° 13 ′  E
Area : 8.4  km²
Residents : 3,041 (2016)
Population density : 362 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 2084
LGA : Warringah Council
Terrey Hills (Sydney)
Terrey Hills
Terrey Hills

Terrey Hills is a rural suburb of Sydney in New South Wales , Australia . It is 25 km from the city center, the Sydney Central Business District (Sydney CBD). In 2016, 3,041 people lived there.

history

The suburb is in the area of ​​a sandstone deposit , the Hawkesbury sandstone . In this area lived before European colonization, the Aboriginal people of Kuringai even Guringai written, of which some rock paintings have been preserved.

The rock carvings presumably depict hunting scenes with people carved into sandstone, kangaroos , wallabies and other footprints.

  • Rock art

  • probably a wallaby or kangaroo

  • one of several footprints

  • probably a man

  • probably a kangaroo

The name Terrey Hills is traced back to both the family names Obediah James Terrey and Samuel Hills . They were the first Europeans to take land there.

The first European settlements took place between about 1850 and 1880 years. In the period that followed, this development hardly increased. It only rose in the post-war years from 1945. In the 1990s the population decreased slightly, now it follows the population development of Sydney.

Terrey Hills also borders areas of Garigal National Park and Ku-ring-gai-Chase National Park .

The Terrey Hills Post Office opened on May 17, 1935.

economy

Terrey Hills has a post office, an IGA branch, several specialty shops, a few restaurants and a volunteer fire department.

education

There are six schools in Terrey Hills.

  • Northern Beaches Christian School (NBCS)
  • The Sydney Japanese School
  • Terrey Hills Public School
  • Kinma School
  • German International School Sydney (GISS)
  • Forestville Montessori School Secondary Campus

Web links

Commons : Terrey Hills, New South Wales  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics : Terrey Hills ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  2. ↑ Terrey Hills Hunt Engraving , at atnf.csiro.au. Retrieved March 18, 2016
  3. ↑ Early Settlers , on khs.org.au. Retrieved March 17, 2016
  4. ↑ Terrey Hills - Duffy's Forest - Cottage Point. About the profile areas , on profile.id.com.au. Retrieved March 17, 2016