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Denistone

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City of Ryde NSW, Locked Bag 2069, Denistone, NSW 2114
02 9952 8222

Description

Denistone is a suburb in Northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

Denistone is a suburb in Northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Denistone is located 16 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Ryde. Denistone West and Denistone East are separate suburbs.

History

Denistone is derived from the name of a home built in the area called Dennistone.

The Wallumedegal Aboriginal tribe lived in the area between the Lane Cove River and Parramatta River, which was known as Walumetta. Gregory Blaxland, a free settler, purchased the 182.1-hectare (450-acre) Brush Farm estate in 1806, shortly after his arrival in the colony. This estate covered most of the area south from Terry Road to Victoria Road and Tramway Street, and east from Brush Road to Shaftsbury Road. In 1829 Blaxland transferred Brush Farm Estate to his eldest daughter, Elizabeth, and her husband Dr Thomas Forster. Forster expanded the estate by purchasing the Porteous Mount grants of 48.6 hectares (120 acres) on the Denistone ridge in 1830. Denistone was named after Forster's home "Dennistone", burnt down by bushfires in 1855. Richard Rouse Terry acquired the land from the Blaxlands in 1872 where he rebuilt Denistone House, now within the grounds of Ryde Hospital. The Denistone estate, centered on Denistone House, was a late subdivision, not opened up for sale until 1913. Another historic house in Denistone is The Hermitage which was built by Gregory Blaxland's son, John Blaxland in about 1842.

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Type: Suburbs

Population: 1,001 - 10,000

Time zone: UTC +11:00

Area: 1.508 km2

Elevation: 11 to 50 metres

Town elevation: 44 m

Population number: 3,751

Local Government Area: City of Ryde

Location

City of Ryde NSW, Locked Bag 2069, Denistone, NSW 2114

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Attribution

This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Denistone, New South Wales