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Arcadia Systems Games
Arcadia may refer to: Places Australia * Arcadia, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney * Arcadia, Queensland * Arcadia, Victoria Canada * Arcadia, New Brunswick * Arcadia, Nova Scotia Greece * Arcadia (region), a region in the central Peloponnese * Arcadia (regional unit), a modern administrative unit covering the region * Arcadia (constituency), an electoral district covering the region * Kyparissia in Messenia, a town known in the Middle Ages as Arcadia ** Barony of Arcadia, a medieval Frankish fiefdom of the Principality of Achaea * Arcadia (Crete), a town and city-state of ancient Crete Ukraine * Arcadia (Odesa), a quarter in Odesa ** Arcadia Beach ** Arcadia Park, Odesa United States * Arcadia (Phoenix), a neighborhood in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona * Arcadia, California * Arcadia, Florida * Arcadia, Illinois * Arcadia, Indiana * Arcadia, Iowa * Arcadia, Kansas * Arcadia, Louisiana * Arcadia, Maryland * Arcadia, Michigan * Arcadia Lake (Michigan) * Arcadia, Mississippi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arcadia, New South Wales
Arcadia is a semi-rural suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 42 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the Local government in Australia, local government area of Hornsby Shire. History Arcadia is derived from Arcadia (ancient region), Arcadia, a region in Greece and in Greek mythology was a pastoral retreat.Oxford Companion To Classical Literature, M.C.Howatson (Oxford) 1989 Arcadia Post Office opened on 1 December 1895 (renamed from an earlier ''Upper Galston'' office) and closed in 1974. Aboriginal culture The original inhabitants of the area were the Darug people. European settlement The name ''Dooral'' appeared on Surveyor James Meehan's map of April 1817 and originally covered the whole area which includes present day Arcadia, as well as Dural, New South Wales, Dural, Glenorie, New South Wales, Glenorie and Galston, New South Wales, Galston.Book of Sydney Suburbs, Frances Pollon (Angus and Robertson) 1990, p. 5 Timber cut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |