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In the past Castle Hill was serviced by the Rogans Hill railway line to Parramatta to take the rural area's produce to the city. However, it was closed in 1932, due to competition with buses, trucks and cars. Local landmarks include: Castle Hill House (circa 1844) on Old Northern Road, which has a local-government heritage listing; [11]
Castle Hill Government Farm was established in 1801, and Castle Hill Heritage Park is built upon the land. It is third government farm in the country, built only twelve years after the historic grant of Experiment Farm to James Ruse. It was also a major site in the Battle of Vinegar Hill.
The suburb takes its name from the ridge, the main geographical feature of vertical significance in the northern part of the area.Kellyville Ridge is thought to be the area where the Castle Hill Rebellion (also known as the Second Battle of Vinegar Hill) took place, many roads and reserves are named after it in Kellyville and a memorial was placed in Castlebrook Lawn Cemetery in 1988.
Underground concourse. The NSW Government announced a future railway line from Epping to Castle Hill as part of its Action for Public Transport strategy in 1998. [7] In the years that followed, Castle Hill Station formed part of successive north-western rail proposals, including the Metropolitan Rail Expansion Plan in 2005 and a short-lived metro proposal in 2008.
Castle Hill Heritage Park is significant principally for its association with the participants in the Castle Hill convict rebellion, [1] also known as the Second Battle of Vinegar Hill. The Second Battle of Vinegar Hill holds a seminal, but only relatively recently recognised, place in Australian ethnic, religious and political history.
– State Library of NSW set which includes a view of "the homestead" (i.e. Melrose) at the time. Views of the agricultural station in 1923 – State Library of NSW; Shop front in 1965 – the "Vinnies Op Shop" was located near the corner of Best Road and George Street until 2013 when the site was sold for re-development. Timeline for Seven Hills
Castle Hill is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Mark Hodges of the Liberal Party . It is an conservative urban electorate in the Hills District in Sydney 's north west.
Glenhaven is served by four CDC NSW bus routes: 603 from Rouse Hill Town Centre to Parramatta via Castle Hill and vice versa services most of the suburb. 637 to Castle Hill services the eastern portion of the suburb; 638 to Castle Hill services the eastern portion of the suburb