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The City of Hawkesbury is a local government area of New South Wales, Australia, located on the northern and north-western fringe of the Greater Sydney area, about 50 kilometres (31 mi) north-west of the Sydney central business district. Hawkesbury City is named after the Hawkesbury River.
The area was originally explored by British settlers in 1789 and the nearby eminence to the west of the Hawkesbury River was known by them as 'Richmond Hill'. The name was given by Governor Arthur Phillip , in honour of Charles Lennox , the third Duke of Richmond who was Master General of Ordnance in the Pitt administration.
Wondabyne was once a busy area and had a pub called The Centennial, which closed in 1891 shortly after the Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge was opened. There were also steamboat services, which took passengers from Wondabyne station along the Hawkesbury River to Brooklyn. In April 1939, Wondabyne station was relocated to the current site. [4]
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
Sackville (Doorumbolooa) [2] is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.It is located in the City of Hawkesbury and at the 2021 census had a population of 230, 22 of whom identified as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (9.6%). [1]
Greater Western Sydney (GWS) is a large region of the metropolitan area of Greater Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia that generally embraces the north-west, south-west, central-west, far western and the Blue Mountains sub-regions within Sydney's metropolitan area and encompasses 11 local government areas: Blacktown, Blue Mountains, Camden, Campbelltown, Cumberland, Fairfield, Hawkesbury ...
Macquarie Towns or the Five Macquarie Towns is the collective term for the towns of Castlereagh, Pitt Town, Richmond, Wilberforce and Windsor, all located on and around the Hawkesbury River in New South Wales, Australia. [1] All five towns were established in December 1810 by Governor of New South Wales Lachlan Macquarie.
Fairfield Showground is a multi-purpose indoor-outdoor venue situated in Prairiewood, New South Wales, Australia.Since in the 1970s, it has been a popular venue for multicultural festivals, horse racing, carnivals, markets and club meets attracting as many as 20,000 people.