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Hawkesbury is a town in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell in Eastern Ontario, Canada. Hawkesbury is the third most bilingual town in Ontario, with about 70% of its inhabitants being fluent in English and French. Franco-Ontarians make up 89% of the population. [4] The Long-Sault Bridge links it to Grenville, Quebec to the north.
From 1965 to 1994 motor racing took place at Ingliston Racing Circuit, which was located within the Royal Highland Showground. [2] From 1973 to 2005, a Sunday market was held at Ingliston. It was one of the biggest open air markets in Europe. [3] For many years, a feature of the market was a 5.5-metre-tall (18 ft) statue of King Kong by ...
Hawkesbury is a hamlet and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England. The hamlet, consisting of a few cottages around a triangular green, lies west of Hawkesbury Upton , off the A46 road . The civil parish includes Hawkesbury itself, the larger village of Hawkesbury Upton and the hamlets of Dunkirk , Petty France and Little Badminton .
An agricultural show parade. An agricultural show is a public event exhibiting the equipment, animals, sports and recreation associated with agriculture and animal husbandry.
The area was difficult to access and settlement began around 1823. By the late 19th century the agriculture in the region was diversifying, with market gardens and citrus orchards occupying the rich soil left after the timber harvest. As late as 1850, the road between Hawkesbury (near Pittwater) and Brisbane Water was a cart wheel track. [7]
The median weekly income for residents within the City of Hawkesbury has been consistently marginally higher than the national average. [10] [11] [12] [8] At the 2021 Census, the proportion of residents in the Hawkesbury local government area who stated their ancestry as Australian or English amounted to 80.8%, representing an increase from 62% ...
Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars (1790–1816) List of governors of New South Wales; Sydney during the 20th century. Sydney becomes the capital of the Australian state of New South Wales (1901) Sydney during the World War II (1939–1945) Post-war Sydney; Sydney in the new millennium
Hawkesbury Island, Queensland, an island; Hawkesbury River, a river in New South Wales; City of Hawkesbury a local government area in New South Wales; Electoral district of Hawkesbury, a seat in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly