North Wahroonga is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of

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. North Wahroonga is located 23 kilometres north-west of the

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. Wahroonga is a separate suburb, to the south. North Wahroonga is bounded by the F3 Sydney-Newcastle Freeway on the west and the

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on the north.

History

Wahroonga is an Aboriginal word meaning ''our home''.

European Settlement

In the early days of British settlement in

, the main activity was cutting down the tall trees which grew there. The Wahroonga area was first settled in 1822 by Thomas Hyndes, a convict who became a wealthy landowner. Later there were many orchards, and when the railway was built it became a popular place for businessmen to build out-of-town residences with large gardens in the 1920s and 1930s.

Population

In the 2016 Census, there were 1,998 people in North Wahroonga. 61.0% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were England 7.2% and South Africa 5.4%. 75.5% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 27.4%, Anglican 21.0% and Catholic 20.8%.

References

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