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Beecroft may refer to: *Beecroft, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia **Beecroft railway station ** Beecroft Primary School *Beecroft Peninsula, landform on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia * Beecroft Art Gallery, Southend-on-sea, Essex, England * Beecroft's Toys, an online and mail order toy shop People with the surname *Adrian Beecroft, British venture capitalist and Conservative Party adviser *David Beecroft, American actor * Emily Beecroft, Australian swimmer *John Beecroft (1790–1854), British explorer and administrator * Robert Beecroft, American diplomat *Vanessa Beecroft Vanessa Beecroft (born April 25, 1969) is an Italian-born American contemporary performance artist; she also works with photography, video art, sculpture, and painting. Many of her works have made use of professional models, sometimes in large nu ..., Italian artist living in New York * Ben Beecroft, New Zealand cricketer {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beecroft, New South Wales
Beecroft is a suburb in the Northern Sydney region of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 22 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government areas of Hornsby Shire and City of Parramatta. Beecroft resides the upper section of Lane Cove National Park, and is one of the oldest established suburbs in New South Wales. The suburb is notably affluent, and is characterised by leafy streets and large federation homes on big blocks of land. History Beecroft was orchard country before its suburban development. The railway arrived in 1886 and Sir Henry Copeland, Minister of Lands, conducted a survey of the area to determine its suitability as a residential area. He named the suburb after the maiden name of his two wives, Hannah and Mary Beecroft, (two sisters he married in succession). Their names are also remembered through the respective naming of the suburb's east-west streets; Hannah Street, Copeland Road and Mary Street. Beecro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
