25-611: Northern Sydney is a large metropolitan area in Greater Sydney , New South Wales , Australia on the north shore of Sydney Harbour and Parramatta River . The region embraces suburbs in Sydney's north-east, north and inner north west. Northern Sydney is divided into distinctive regions such as the North Shore , Northern Beaches and Forest District . The region is characterised by pristine waterways with immense greenery,
50-649: A large tract of forest around the Lane Cove River. It was intended as a resource for small settlers, a place for them to graze their livestock and collect firewood, to supplement their farming practices. The Field of Mars Connect, an area of approximately 2,040 hectares (5,000 acres) located north of the Field of Mars and the Eastern Farms, covered most of the Ryde municipality. The village itself comprised only
75-478: A modest scattering of houses in a few streets around the church, surrounded by farms, orchards and some large estates. Nevertheless, the name was well established by 12 November 1870 when the Municipal district of Ryde was officially proclaimed. Northern Sydney is described as the area between Port Jackson to the south, Carlingford and suburbs in line to the west/northwest, Hawkesbury River and Pittwater to
100-477: A well-planned public transport system, hilly roads, large plots of manicured land, and substantially large federation and bungalow style homes. Northern Sydney is home to some of Sydney's most affluent suburbs, large parks and notable landmarks. The western end of Northern Sydney was home to the Wallumettagal ( Ryde - Hunters Hill & Western Lane Cove) tribe. The first settlement in the north and in fact
125-542: Is not exhaustive. The suburbs and localities of the Northern Sydney region are: Sport is represented in many areas in the region, Ryde–Eastwood Rugby League Club is the local rugby league club in the area, with it covering the area of the famed Holy Cross College, Ryde. This league following can be attributed to the large Catholic population of the early developmental days of Rugby League in Australia, though
150-551: Is now part of Sydney Metro Northwest . There is also an abundance of bus routes serving the region operated by Busways , CDC NSW and Keolis Downer Northern Beaches . The southern part of this region is frequented by ferry services to the Sydney central business district and westbound towards Parramatta , as well as ferry services to the Sydney CBD from Manly . The main arterial roads in Northern Sydney are Military Road,
175-742: Is the annual Willoughby StreetFair where the Chatswood CBD is taken over by market stalls, performers, dancers and musicians. The StreetFair features the Willoughby Street Parade which included over 1,000 participants in 2007. The suburb of Eastwood holds a large event named the Granny Smith Festival held usually in October of each year. The festival's attendance record set in 2004 currently stands at approximately just over 90,000. Many are attracted each year by
200-715: The Blue Mountains , Macarthur and Wollondilly . In its broadest definition, Greater Sydney covers the city of Sydney in addition to four neighbouring regions: the Blue Mountains , the Hawkesbury , Macarthur and Wollondilly . During the COVID-19 pandemic , Greater Sydney was defined as the city of Sydney itself as well as the Blue Mountains, the Central Coast and Wollongong (including both
225-688: The City of Wollongong in the north and the City of Shellharbour in the south). The Sydney Greater Capital City Statistical Area (GCCSA) is the definition of Greater Sydney used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). It covers the following level-four statistical areas: Therefore, the Sydney GCCSA covers all of Sydney in addition to the Blue Mountains, the Central Coast, the Hawkesbury and Macarthur. However, it does not include
250-657: The Pacific Highway , the Warringah Freeway , Pennant Hills Road , Ryde Road , Epping Road , Mona Vale Road, Victoria Road , Beecroft Road, Pittwater Road and Wakehurst Parkway. Northern Sydney has many unique landmarks such as: The Sydney Harbour Bridge , Taronga Zoo in Mosman, Admiralty House (Sydney residence of the Governor-General of Australia ), Kirribilli House (Sydney residence of
275-720: The Prime Minister of Australia ), Luna Park , Balmoral Beach , Palm Beach, Gladesville Bridge , Macquarie Centre & Ice Skating Rink and Curzon Hall in Marsfield . The Willoughby Spring Festival is held throughout the Willoughby local government area, in September each year. The festival lasts for a month and features over 40 events including live music/entertainment, exhibitions, cultural celebrations, business events and many more community activities. The highlight
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#1732772027411300-612: The Wests Tigers junior development system. Eastwood District Rugby Union Football Club represents the region in rugby union. It is considered one of the strongest clubs in the Shute Shield, consistently performing well. This club is considered a gateway club for rugby union in the Western Sydney area. Its consistent performance is due to the fact it has established a strong Juniors and Sub-District competition within
325-492: The local government area of Northern Beaches Council . The area is located amongst the bushland of Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and Garigal National Park , east of Middle Harbour and borders Sydney's Lower North Shore . The area has approximately 28,000 residents. The Forest District is served mostly by CDC NSW , as part of the Region 14 Contract. Keolis Downer Northern Beaches run some services. The Forest area
350-571: The Illawarra. This article related to the geography of Sydney is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Forest District (Sydney) The Forest Area (or colloquially "the Forest") is an informal area of suburbs at the most western point of Sydney's Northern Beaches , in the state of New South Wales , in Australia . The seven suburbs within the area are all located within
375-480: The Ryde Summer Festival which mainly includes outdoor cinemas. Willoughby also holds an annual art prize. Greater Sydney Greater Sydney is the most populous metropolitan area in Australia and Oceania , located in the state of New South Wales . Based around Sydney itself (the state capital of New South Wales), in its broadest definition, it also includes the neighbouring regions of
400-933: The area now only retains two Junior rugby league clubs, both feeding to Holy Cross. There are also several Rugby League clubs surrounding the Hornsby area such as the Asquith Magpies (with a large Leagues Club in Waitara), the Pennant Hills Stags and the Hornsby Lions in the North Sydney District Junior Rugby League . Junior Rugby League teams in the Ryde district are in the Balmain District Junior Rugby League , feeding into
425-660: The area, many children from the area are sent to the elite private schools of Sydney and hold rugby union as the preferred code. Local school St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill , is a traditional rugby school. Northern Sydney is very well serviced by public transport. Two railway lines operate through the region known as the North Shore railway line and the Northern railway line on the Sydney Trains network. The Epping to Chatswood rail link which opened in 2009, crosses Northern Sydney from Chatswood to Epping . The link
450-597: The foreshores between Meadowbank and Gladesville . Some of the grants were at the North Brush, north of the Field of Mars settlement, in the area of Brush Farm and Eastwood. Most of the Grants were small, from 12 to 40 hectares (30 to 100 acres). By 1803, most of the accessible land had been granted. Settlement was based along the Parramatta River and overlooking ridges. Governor King recognised that most of
475-512: The land being further to the east of the marines grants, thus the area was called Eastern Farms or the Eastern Boundary. The name Eastern Farms then changed to Kissing Point by 1794; a name believed to have originated from the way heavily laden boats passing the Parramatta River bumped or "kissed" the rocky outcrop which extends into the river of Kissing Point today. Further grants were issued in 1794 and 1795, gradually occupying most of
500-696: The live bands, shows, stores, rides, the main street parade down Rowe Street and of course the massive fireworks display in the skies over Eastwood. Other main festivals/events in Northern Sydney include: Tartan Day at Lane Cove , the Guringgai Festival honouring Northern Sydney's Aboriginals, The Ryde Aquatic Festival & Bridge to Bridge run, the Moocooboola Festival at Hunters Hill , the Mosman Festival, Lane Cove's Cammeraygal Festival, Chinese New Year at Chatswood and
525-617: The north and the Tasman Sea to the east. Northern Sydney is further sub-divided into regions such as the North Shore (the inner north and north-western part of the region between the Lane Cove River and Middle Harbour), Northern Beaches (the northern coastal suburbs to the north-east of Middle Harbour) and Forest District , a small group of suburbs between the Upper North Shore and the Northern Beaches. Despite
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#1732772027411550-541: The northern bank of the river between Sydney and Parramatta. The area was named by Governor Phillip the "Field of Mars", Mars being the Roman god of war, named to reflect the military association with these new settlers. Today's Field of Mars Reserve is the remnant of a district which once extended from Dundas to the Lane Cove River. Soon after, these grants were followed by grants to ten emancipated convicts in February 1792,
575-498: The region being divided by distinctive definitions, parts of the region are often simply referred to as "Northern Suburbs", "North" or "North West", most notably the inner north-western suburbs to the west of the Lane Cove River , such as Epping , Ryde , Melrose Park and Meadowbank . The Australian Bureau of Statistics defines several statistical areas (SAL-4) that are located in northern Sydney. These are: This list
600-459: The smaller settlers had insufficient land for their stock but it was not possible to grant them larger allotments. In 1804, it was decided that a 'traditional English common' – a large area of public land for use by local inhabitants – would be set aside. Six commons were gazetted. In 1804, an area of 6000 acres of the Field of Mars was decreed as a common. The common stretched from what is now Hunters Hill, through Ryde to Pennant Hills , incorporating
625-603: The third-earliest in Australia, after Sydney and Parramatta , was at Ryde; then known by the Aboriginal name Wallumetta. The territory from Sydney Cove to Parramatta, on the northern side of the Parramatta River, was thought to be that of the Wallumedegal, and had the aboriginal name Wallumetta, the territory of the Wallumede people. On 3 January 1792, the first land in the Ryde area was granted to eight marines, along
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