Wahroonga, New South Wales, 2076

Population: 11,388
Established: 1822
Postcode: 2076
Area: 8.2 km sq (3.2 sq mi)
Property Value: AUD$835,000 (2007)
Location: 22 km (14 mi) north-west of Sydney CBD
LGA: Ku-ring-gai Council
State District: Ku-ring-gai
Federal Division: Bradfield

Wahroonga is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Wahroonga is located 22 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Ku-ring-gai Council and Hornsby Shire.' The most north-west part is located in the Hornsby Shire, with the F3 freeway forming part of this boundary. Wahroonga lies on a plateau almost 200 meters above sea level, with higher rainfall than most of Sydney and fairly good soil.'

History

Wahroonga is an Aboriginal word meaning our home.

In the early days of British settlement in New South Wales, the main activity was cutting down the tall trees which grew there. Wahroonga was first settled in 1822 by Thomas Hyndes, a convict who became a wealthy landowner. Later there were many orchards, and when the railway was built it became a popular place for businessmen to build out-of-town residences with large gardens in the 1920s and 1930s.

A common misspelling is 'Wahroongah'. This can be seen in the captions of the Broadhurst postcards of Wahroonga available on the State Library of NSW website. Note the correction on the railway station image to match the station sign.

Commercial Area

Wahroonga has several small shopping villages, such as Wahroonga shopping village with several small restaurants and Hampton Avenue shopping centre. The Sydney Adventist Hospital is in Wahroonga, as is Globalstar's Australian office, and the offices of the South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists.

Transport

Wahroonga railway station is on the North Shore line of the City Rail network. Wahroonga is the Sydney end of the F3Freeway to Newcastle.

Schools

Wahroonga has private schools Knox Grammar School and Abbotsleigh as well as several other schools, including St Leo's Catholic College.

Wahroonga Public School is a government school, founded in 1944 and commonly known as "The Bush School", as well as Prouille Catholic Primary School.

Parks

Wahroonga Park is located north of the railway station, and features a significant number of well established introduced trees, and a children's playground.

The Glade, located near Abbotsleigh, has two tennis courts, a half basketball court and a large circular oval where Soccer and Cricket can be played. There is also small rainforest and fern forest, next to the tennis courts.

Ku-ring-gai Chase national Park is located north of Wahroonga. It is the second oldest national park in Australia and is very popular, offering many walking tracks, picnic spots and Aboriginal sites with rock carvings. The park has a large proportion of the known Aboriginal sites in the Sydney area.

Source: wikipedia.org