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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 ...
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 ...
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 .
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]
[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, 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
The place is important in demonstrating the course, or pattern, of cultural or natural history in New South Wales. Riverstone Station is historically significant as physical evidence of the original construction phase of the Richmond line in the 1860s that provided access to the settlements on the Hawkesbury River and the markets of Sydney.
New South Wales' state capital is Sydney, which is also Australia's most populous city. [1] In December 2023, the population of New South Wales was over 8.3 million, [2] making it Australia's most populous state. Almost two-thirds of the state's population, 5.3 million, live in the Greater Sydney area.