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Wahroonga is a suburb in the
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of
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, 18 kilometres north-west of the
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and
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North Wahroonga North Wahroonga is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. North Wahroonga is located 23 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Ku-ring-ga ...
is an adjacent separate suburb of the same postcode .


History

Wahroonga is an
Aboriginal Aborigine, aborigine or aboriginal may refer to: *Aborigines (mythology), in Roman mythology * Indigenous peoples, general term for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area *One of several groups of indigenous peoples, see ...
word meaning ''our home'', probably from the
Kuringgai Kuringgai (also spelled Ku-ring-gai, Kuring-gai, Guringai, Kuriggai) (,) is an ethnonym referring to (a) an hypothesis regarding an aggregation of Indigenous Australian peoples occupying the territory between the southern borders of the Gamilar ...
language group. In the early days of the British colonisation of
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, the main activity was cutting down the tall trees which grew there. Wahroonga was first colonised by the British in 1822 by Thomas Hyndes, a convict who became a wealthy landowner. Hyndes's land was later acquired by John Brown, a merchant and timber-getter. After Brown had cleared the land of timber, he planted orchards. Later, Ada, Lucinda and Roland Avenues were named after three of his children. His name is in Browns Road, Browns Field and Browns Waterhole on the
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. The last member of the Brown family was Gertrude Mary Appleton, who died in 2008 at the age of ninety-three. She is buried in the cemetery of St John the Baptist Church,
Gordon Gordon may refer to: People * Gordon (given name), a masculine given name, including list of persons and fictional characters * Gordon (surname), the surname * Gordon (slave), escaped to a Union Army camp during the U.S. Civil War * Clan Gordon, ...
. After the North Shore railway line was opened in 1890 it became a popular place for wealthy businessmen to build out-of-town residences with large gardens. Wahroonga Post Office opened on 15 October 1896. Much of this development occurred in the 1920s and 1930s.


Housing

Wahroonga is known for its tree-lined, shady streets and well maintained gardens. Notable streets include Water Street, Burns Road, Iloura Avenue and Billyard Avenue.


Heritage listings

Wahroonga has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * 9 Highlands Avenue: ''Highlands'' * 62 Boundary Road: ''Jack House'', Wahroonga * 69-71 Clissold Road:
Rose Seidler House Rose Seidler House is a heritage-listed former residence and now house museum located at 69-71 Clissold Road in the Sydney suburb of Wahroonga in the Ku-ring-gai Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Ha ...
* 61-65 Coonanbarra Road:
St John's Uniting Church, Wahroonga St John's Uniting Church is a heritage-listed Uniting church located at Coonanbarra Road in the Sydney suburb of Wahroonga in the Ku-ring-gai Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by John Shedden Adam (of ...
* 16 Fox Valley Road: ''Purulia'', Wahroonga * 69 Junction Road:
Evatt House Evatt House is a heritage-listed house located at 69 Junction Road in the Sydney suburb of Wahroonga in the Ku-ring-gai Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It is also known as Parklands. The property is privately owned. ...
* North Shore railway:
Wahroonga railway station Wahroonga railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the North Shore line, serving the Sydney suburb of Wahroonga. The station is located in the Ku-ring-gai Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It i ...
* 1526 Pacific Highway: ''Mahratta'', Wahroonga * 1678 Pacific Highway and Woonona Avenue:
Wahroonga Reservoir The Wahroonga Reservoir is a heritage-listed reservoir located at 1678 Pacific Highway and Woonona Avenue in the Sydney suburb of Wahroonga in the Ku-ring-gai Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed and bu ...
* 23 Roland Avenue:
Simpson-Lee House I Simpson-Lee House I is a heritage-listed residence located at 23 Roland Avenue, in the Sydney suburb of Wahroonga in the Ku-ring-gai Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Arthur Baldwinson and built fro ...
* 14 Woonona Avenue: ''The Briars'', Wahroonga ''Highlands'', in Highlands Avenue, is a timber house designed by
John Horbury Hunt John Horbury Hunt (1838 – December 30, 1904) was a Canadian-born Australian architect who worked in Sydney and rural New South Wales from 1863. Life and career Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, the son of a builder, Hunt was trained in B ...
and built in 1891 for Alfred Hordern. Hunt was a Canadian architect who used the Arts and Crafts style and the Shingle Style popular in North America. ''Highlands'' is listed on the
New South Wales State Heritage Register The New South Wales State Heritage Register, also known as NSW State Heritage Register, is a heritage list of places in the state of New South Wales, Australia, that are protected by New South Wales legislation, generally covered by the Heritag ...
and was listed on the (now defunct)
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. Architect
William Hardy Wilson William Hardy Wilson (14 February 1881 – 16 December 1955) was an Australian architect, artist and author. He "is regarded as one of the most outstanding architects of the twentieth century". Early years Wilson was born in Campbelltown ...
designed and built his own home, ''Purulia'', on Fox Valley Road. Built in 1913, the home is in the
Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archi ...
style and became, according to some observers, a prototype for North Shore homes. It is listed on the Register of the National Estate. Berith Park, in Billyard Avenue, was designed by F. Ernest Stowe for Alfred Smith, who bought the land in 1897. The house was finished circa 1909. ''Westholme'', in Water Street, was designed by
Howard Joseland Howard Joseland (1860–1930) was an English architect who migrated to Australia and pursued a successful and influential career there. Early life Richard George Howard Joseland was born on 14 January 1860 at Claines, Worcestershire, Engl ...
in the Arts and Crafts style for John Bennett, one of the pioneer developers of Wahroonga. Bennett came from England but migrated to Australia with his wife and acquired property at Wahroonga in 1893. Westholme was built in 1894. Another house was added at the other end of the block, but this was demolished in 1991 after changing hands several times. ''The Gatehouse'', in Water Street, was originally part of the John Williams Hospital. The hospital also includes the Federation mansion ''Rippon Grange'', designed by
Howard Joseland Howard Joseland (1860–1930) was an English architect who migrated to Australia and pursued a successful and influential career there. Early life Richard George Howard Joseland was born on 14 January 1860 at Claines, Worcestershire, Engl ...
. ''The Gatehouse'' is listed on the local government heritage register. ''Craignairn'', at the corner of Burns Road and Cleveland Street, was also designed in the Arts and Crafts style by Howard Joseland. The client was Walter Strang. Joseland also built his own home ''Malvern'' two doors away from the Strang home in Burns Road. An example of the Federation Bungalow style, it has been described as "unpretentious and solidly comfortable." Between ''Craignairn'' and ''Malvern'' in Burns Road, Joseland also built ''Coolabah'', another fine Federation Bungalow example. ''The Briars'', in Woonona Avenue, is built on land that was granted to John Hughes in 1842, and later divided into four estates. Jessie Edith Balcombe built ''The Briars'' on one of these estates in 1895. It is listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register. The
Rose Seidler House Rose Seidler House is a heritage-listed former residence and now house museum located at 69-71 Clissold Road in the Sydney suburb of Wahroonga in the Ku-ring-gai Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Ha ...
, in Clissold Road, built by
Harry Seidler Harry Seidler (25 June 19239 March 2006) was an Austrian-born Australian architect who is considered to be one of the leading exponents of Modernism's methodology in Australia and the first architect to fully express the principles of the Bauh ...
between 1948 and 1950, was one of the first examples of modern residential architecture in Australia.


Commercial areas

The main shopping and commercial area is the Wahroonga Village located adjacent to the west side of the railway station. It has a variety of stores including several cafes, restaurants, health stores and boutiques as well as an IGA supermarket. The smaller commercial centres are the Hampden Avenue shopping strip in east Wahroonga, and Fox Valley Shopping Centre on Fox Valley Road in south west Wahroonga. There is also a commercial area at the intersection of Fox Valley Road and The Comenarra Parkway which contains the
Sydney Adventist Hospital Sydney Adventist Hospital, commonly known as the San, is a large private hospital in Sydney, Australia, located on Fox Valley Road in Wahroonga. Established on 1 January 1903, as a not-for-profit organisation, it was originally named the Sydney ...
,
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's Australian office, and the offices of the
South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists The South Pacific Division (SPD) of Seventh-day Adventists is a sub-entity of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, which oversees the Church's work in the South Pacific nations of Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the isl ...
.


Transport

Wahroonga railway station Wahroonga railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the North Shore line, serving the Sydney suburb of Wahroonga. The station is located in the Ku-ring-gai Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It i ...
is on the
North Shore & Western Line The North Shore & Western Line (numbered T1, coloured orange) is a commuter rail line operated by Sydney Trains in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It serves the North Shore, parts of the Inner West and Western Suburbs. It was previously t ...
of the
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network, with frequent rail services to
Central Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...
and Hornsby. Wahroonga is the Sydney end of the M1 Motorway to
Newcastle Newcastle usually refers to: *Newcastle upon Tyne, a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England *Newcastle-under-Lyme, a town in Staffordshire, England *Newcastle, New South Wales, a metropolitan area in Australia, named after Newcastle ...
. The Pacific Highway connects Wahroonga by road with the rest of the North Shore and
Pennant Hills Road Pennant Hills Road, a section of Cumberland Highway, is a major urban highway located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The road links the suburb of Wahroonga in the northeast, to the major central business district of Parramatta in the s ...
’s northern end begins in Wahroonga and intersects the M1 Motorway at Pearce's Corner. The Comenarra Parkway is a minor arterial road that stretches from Thornleigh to West Pymble via Wahroonga and South Turramurra.
Transdev NSW Transdev NSW is a bus operator in the northern, southern and western suburbs of Sydney, Australia, operating on behalf of Transport for NSW. It is a subsidiary of Transdev Australasia. It is a different subsidiary to Transdev John Holland, whi ...
’s Upper North Shore services provide sporadic bus services to parts of Wahroonga.


Parks

Wahroonga Park is located to the north-east of the railway station, and features a significant number of well established introduced trees, a rose garden and a children's playground. The Glade, located near Abbotsleigh, has an oval, two tennis courts, a half basketball court and cricket nets. There is also a small
Blue Gum High Forest The Blue Gum High Forest of the Sydney Basin Bioregion is a wet sclerophyll forest found in the northern parts of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It has been classified as critically endangered, under the New South Wales government's ''Threate ...
, next to the tennis courts. Browns Field is a small sporting oval, formerly a historic logging area. Sir Robert Menzies Park is a small park located within Fox Valley.
Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park is a national park on the northern side of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. The park is north of the Sydney central business district and generally comprises the land east of the M1 Pacific Motorway, sout ...
is located north of Wahroonga. It is the second oldest national park in Australia and is very popular, offering many walking tracks, picnic spots and Aboriginal sites with rock carvings. The park has a large proportion of the known Aboriginal sites in the Sydney area.


Schools

Primary: * Wahroonga Public School * Waitara Public School * Prouille Catholic Primary School * Wahroonga Preparatory School * St Lucy's School for children with disabilities Secondary: *
St Leo's Catholic College , motto_translation = God's Law In The Heart , established = , founder = Congregation of Christian Brothers , type = Independent systemic secondary day school , educational_authority = New South Wales Department of Education , re ...
* St Edmund's School for students with vision impairment and other special needs K-12: *
Knox Grammar School , motto_translation = The Manly Thing Is Being Done , established = , founder = John Gilmore, William McIlrath, Robert Gillespie and Andrew Reid , type = Independent, day & boarding ...
*
Abbotsleigh , motto_translation = Time Flies Faster than a Weaver's Shuttle , established = , type = Independent early learning, primary and secondary day and boarding school , denomination = Angl ...
School for Girls * Wahroonga Adventist School


Gallery

Image:(1)The Briars in Wahroonga-1.jpg, The Briars File:Craignairn.JPG, Craignairn heritage-listed home, Burns Road Image:RipponGrange.JPG, Rippon Grange, heritage-listed mansion, Water Street File:RoseSeidlerHouseSulmanPrize.jpg, ''Rose Seidler House'', Clissold Road File:(1)Knox Grammar Preparatory School Wahroonga.jpg, Knox Grammar Preparatory School Image:(1)St Lucys School.jpg, St Lucy's School Image:Prouille_School_Wahroonga.jpg, Prouille School Image:St_Edmunds_School_Wahroonga.jpg, St Edmund's School Image:(1)St_Leos_Catholic_College_Wahroonga-1.jpg, St Leo's Catholic College


Population


Demographics

According to the , there were 17,371 residents in Wahroonga. 60.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.6%, China 5.6%, South Africa 2.6%, India 2.2% and New Zealand 1.9%. 71.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included
Mandarin Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to: Language * Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country ** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China ** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...
(6.7%),
Cantonese Cantonese ( zh, t=廣東話, s=广东话, first=t, cy=Gwóngdūng wá) is a language within the Chinese (Sinitic) branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding are ...
(3.1%),
Korean Korean may refer to: People and culture * Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula * Korean cuisine * Korean culture * Korean language **Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl **Korean dialects and the Jeju language ** ...
(1.7%),
Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
(1.2%) and
Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...
(1.1%). The most common responses for religion in Wahroonga were No Religion 27.6%, Catholic 21.9% and Anglican 18.8%.


Notable residents

*
Halse Rogers Arnott Halse Rogers Arnott (1879May, 1961) was an Australian medical practitioner, company director and chairman of Arnott's. Family and early life Arnott was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, the youngest son of William Arnott (1827–1901) w ...
,
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,
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and chairman of Arnott's, lived on Burns Road * Dorothy ('Dot') Butler, bushwalker, mountaineer, and conservationist, lived in Boundary Road *
David Campese David Ian Campese, AM (born 21 October 1962), also known as Campo, is a former Australian rugby union player (1982-1996), who was capped by the Wallabies 101 times, and played 85 Tests at wing and 16 at fullback. He retired in 1996 and was aw ...
, former Wallaby *
Grace Cossington Smith Grace Cossington Smith (20 April 189220 December 1984) was an Visual arts of Australia, Australian artist and pioneer of Modernist art, modernist painting in Australia and was instrumental in introducing Post-Impressionism to her home country. ...
, Australian artist and pioneer of modernist painting, attended Abbotsleigh School *
Clive Evatt Clive Raleigh Evatt (6 June 1900 – 15 September 1984) was an Australian politician, barrister and raconteur. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1939 until 1959. At various times he sat as a member of the Industri ...
, politician and barrister * Nicholas Fitzgerald,
football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
player for the
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* Martin Flood, Australian quiz champion *
Adam Garcia Adam Gabriel Garcia (born 1 June 1973) is an Australian stage, television, and film actor who is best known for lead roles in musicals such as '' Saturday Night Fever'' and ''Kiss Me, Kate''. He is also a trained tap dancer and singer. Garcia ha ...
, actor *
Peter Garrett Peter Robert Garrett (born 16 April 1953) is an Australian musician, environmentalist, activist and former politician. In 1973, Garrett became the lead singer of the Australian rock band Midnight Oil. As a performer he is known for his sign ...
, frontman of 1980s band
Midnight Oil Midnight Oil (known informally as "The Oils") are an Australian rock band composed of Peter Garrett (vocals, harmonica), Rob Hirst (drums), Jim Moginie (guitar, keyboard) and Martin Rotsey (guitar). The group was formed in Sydney in 1972 by ...
and Member of the
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for Kingsford Smith from 2004 to 2013 was born and raised here. *
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, actor, was educated by members of the
Congregation of Christian Brothers The Congregation of Christian Brothers ( la, Congregatio Fratrum Christianorum; abbreviated CFC) is a worldwide religious community within the Catholic Church, founded by Blessed Edmund Rice. Their first school was opened in Waterford, Ireland, ...
at
St Leo's Catholic College , motto_translation = God's Law In The Heart , established = , founder = Congregation of Christian Brothers , type = Independent systemic secondary day school , educational_authority = New South Wales Department of Education , re ...
during his high school years * Stuart Inder, journalist, editor and specialist in
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affairs *
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, actor *
Howard Joseland Howard Joseland (1860–1930) was an English architect who migrated to Australia and pursued a successful and influential career there. Early life Richard George Howard Joseland was born on 14 January 1860 at Claines, Worcestershire, Engl ...
, architect, responsible for many of Wahroonga's finest early homes. *
Richard Makinson Richard Elliss Bodenham Makinson (5 May 1913 – 15 January 1979), also R.E.B. or Dick Makinson, was an Australian physicist known for his contributions to solid-state physics and amorphous semiconductors. Makinson was born in Burwood, New South ...
, physicist *
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, keyboardist and backing vocalist for
The Cat Empire The Cat Empire are an Australian jazz/funk band, formed in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1999. For most of the band's duration, the core members were Felix Riebl (lead vocals, percussion), Harry James Angus (trumpet, vocals), Will Hull-Brown (drums), ...
* Deborah Schofield, director of the Centre for Economic Impacts of Genomic Medicine,
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*
William Hardy Wilson William Hardy Wilson (14 February 1881 – 16 December 1955) was an Australian architect, artist and author. He "is regarded as one of the most outstanding architects of the twentieth century". Early years Wilson was born in Campbelltown ...
, architect, artist and author *
Ellyse Perry Ellyse Alexandra Perry (born 3 November 1990) is an Australian sportswoman who has represented her country in cricket and association football. Having debuted for both the national cricket team and the national soccer team at the age of 16, s ...
, Australian dual-international footballer and cricketer *
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, association footballer player for
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* John Toohey, founder of
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and politician, lived at Innisfail, now part of
Knox Grammar School , motto_translation = The Manly Thing Is Being Done , established = , founder = John Gilmore, William McIlrath, Robert Gillespie and Andrew Reid , type = Independent, day & boarding ...
*
William Windeyer Sir William Charles Windeyer (29 September 1834 – 11 September 1897) was an Australian politician and judge. As a New South Wales politician he was responsible for the creation of Belmore Park (north of the new Central railway constructed in ...
, justice of the
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and decorated soldier *
Harry Wolstenholme Harry Wolstenholme (21 June 1868 – 14 October 1930) was an Australian lawyer and ornithologist. Early life Wolstenholme was born in Maitland, New South Wales, the son of Edmund Kay Wolstenholme, a timber merchant from West Maitland, and Mayb ...
,
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and amateur
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lived in Wahroonga


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