Map of the Parish of Gidley, 1822 (3901869835)

The Parish of Rooty Hill, is a civil parish of Cumberland County in New South Wales, Australia. The parish is centered on the suburbs of Doonside, Mount Druitt and

Rooty Hill Rooty Hill is a heritage-listed historic site and now parkland at Eastern Road, Rooty Hill, City of Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1802 to 1828. It is also known as The Rooty Hill and Morreau Reserve. The property is ...

. The boundaries of the parish are Eastern and South Creeks, and

Richmond railway line The Richmond railway line is a railway line in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is a branch of the Main Western line. Sydney Trains operates electric passenger train services over the line and markets these as par ...

on the north. The Great Western Highway and Western Railway Line transect the parish. The parish is one of the oldest cadasteral divisions in Australia with the administrative arrangements that would eventually become the parish existing as early as 1810. The name derives from a specific hill still known as the Rooty Hill, that is near

Doonside railway station Doonside railway station is located on the Main Western line, serving the Sydney suburb of Doonside. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 Western line services. History Doonside station opened on 27 September 1880. It was renamed Wolkara on 1 F ...

known for an abundance of roots. File:(1)view from Rooty Hill-2.jpg, View from the Rooty Hill, Rooty Hill, Sydney, looking across Morreau Reserve File:Hundred of Richmond.png, Map of the Parish in 1840.William Henry Wells
A map of the County of Cumberland in the Colony of New South Wales
(William Baker, 1840).

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