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Riverstone (/ r ɪ v ər s t ə n /) is a suburb of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. [3] Riverstone is located 48 kilometres (30 mi) north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the Blacktown local government area and part of the Greater Western Sydney region. Originally settled in 1803 as part of a government stock ...
Riverstone is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It has been represented by Warren Kirby of the Australian Labor Party since the 2023 New South Wales state election. Riverstone is widely described as a key marginal seat for both major parties. [1] [2]
Landsat 7 false-color image of the Sydney area and surrounding suburbs. The image demonstrates how the built-up areas (pink) have been constrained by the Royal National Park to the south, the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park to the north, and the Blue Mountains National Park to the west (a boundary that generally follows a geological feature called the Lapstone Monocline, dividing the Blue ...
2007 New South Wales state election: Riverstone [12] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labor: John Aquilina: 23,809 53.6 +0.8 Liberal: Kevin Conolly: 15,589 35.1 +9.1 Greens: Sheryl Jarecki 1,918 4.3 −0.3 Independent: Tony Pettitt 1,607 3.6 +3.6 Against Further Immigration: Ronald Atkins 1,474 3.3 +1.1 Total formal votes 44,397 97.1 +0.2 Informal ...
Riverstone, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia Riverstone railway station, Sydney; Electoral district of Riverstone; Riverstone High School; Riverstone Terraces, a suburb of Upper Hutt, New Zealand; Riverstone (Fort Bend County, Texas), a master-planned residential community in Sugar Land, Texas and Missouri City, Texas
[2] [3] It was previously a part of Riverstone. The suburb is named after the Grantham Farm Estate, which was a subdivision of the original land grant of 'Riverstone'. The land grant was given to Lieutenant-Colonel Maurice Charles O'Connell by Governor Lachlan Macquarie in 1810.
Riverstone High School was established in January 1962 at 71 McCulloch Street, Riverstone. [1] In 1999, the school joined the Nirimba Collegiate, which also includes nearby Quakers Hill High School, Seven Hills High School, and Wyndham College. Riverstone operates from Year 7 through 12. In 1979–80, 970 students attended the school from year ...
Riverstone was the extent of electrification until the early 1990s when electrification was extended to Richmond. The line continues north as a single track through Vineyard station , Mulgrave station (where another passing loop and island platform are provided), Windsor station (single side platform) to Clarendon station .