Henley is a suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of

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, Australia. Henley is located 9 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the

Municipality of Hunter's Hill The Municipality of Hunter's Hill is a local government area on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The municipality was first proclaimed in 1861, which includes the suburbs of Hunters Hill, Woolwich, Hu ...

. Henley sits on the northern side of the

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History

Aboriginal

Prior to the arrival of European settlers, the area was inhabited by the

Wallumettagal The Wallumettagal or Wallumedegal (derived from ''wallumai'', meaning Australasian snapper, snapper (fish)) tribe was an indigenous indigenous Australians, Aboriginal tribe that inhabited the area of Sydney today known as the Ryde, New South Wa ...

people of the Eora nation.

European settlement

Henley was originally known as Blandville. It was named after Dr

William Bland William Bland (5 November 1789 – 21 July 1868) was a transported convict, medical practitioner and surgeon, politician, farmer and inventor in the Colony of New South Wales, Australia. Early life Bland was born in London on 5 November 1789 ...

, a

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who was transported for killing a fellow naval officer in a duel. Bland arrived in 1814, but was pardoned in 1815 and began a private practice. Bland resided in the city but owned the land which he subdivided in 1866. The suburb's name is derived from its namesake Henley, a town located on the banks of the

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in Oxfordshire, England.

had been known as the 'Thames of the Antipodes', and other nearby suburbs were also named after Thames localities including

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Woolwich Woolwich () is a district in southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The district's location on the River Thames led to its status as an important naval, military and industrial area; a role that was maintained thr ...

and

Putney Putney () is a district of southwest London, England, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, southwest of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. History Putney is an ancient paris ...

Population

In the 2016 Census, there were 469 people in Henley. 70.1% of people were born in Australia and 66.6% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were

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(29.4%) and No Religion (25.6%).

Transport

Henley is serviced by bus services along the main thoroughfare of Victoria Road, which link the suburb with Sydney's CBD, as well as

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and

Parramatta Parramatta () is a suburb and major Central business district, commercial centre in Greater Western Sydney, located in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately west of the Sydney central business district on the ban ...

. The nearby Huntley's Point ferry wharf also connects residents to

Parramatta River ferry services Parramatta River ferry services connect suburbs along the Parramatta River in Sydney with Circular Quay by commuter ferry. The services are numbered F3 and form part of the Sydney Ferries network. History Regular ferry services between Sydney an ...

References

*''The Book of Sydney Suburbs'', Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia

External links

Discover Hunters Hill
Suburbs of Sydney Municipality of Hunter's Hill {{Sydney-geo-stub