Cherrybrook, New South Wales: Difference between revisions

{{Use dmy dates|date=OctoberAugust 20122021}}

| type = suburb

| name = Cherrybrook

| city = Sydney

| state = nsw

| image =

| caption =

| local_map = yes

| zoom = 1312

| lga = Hornsby Shire

| postcode = 2126

| est =

| pop = 1876519082

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|20162021}}

| pop_footnotes = <ref name="ABS">{{Census 20162021 AUS|id=SSC10898SAL10897|name=Cherrybrook (State Suburb)|accessdate=1519 MarchDecember 20182023|quick=on}}</ref>

| areaelevation = =185

| area =
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Epping|Epping]]

| fedgov = [[Division of Berowra|Berowra]]

| near-nw = [[Dural, New South Wales|Dural]]

| near-n = [[Dural, New South Wales|Dural]]

| near-ne = [[Westleigh, New South Wales|Westleigh]]

| near-w = [[Castle Hill, New South Wales|Castle Hill]]

| near-e = [[Westleigh, New South Wales|Westleigh]]

| near-sw = [[Castle Hill, New South Wales|Castle Hill]]

| near-s = [[West Pennant Hills, New South Wales|West Pennant Hills]]

| near-se = [[Pennant Hills, New South Wales|Pennant Hills]]

| dist1 = 30

| dir1 = north-west

| location1 = Sydney CBD

'''Cherrybrook''' is a [[suburb]] of [[Sydney]], in the state of [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]] 2729 kilometres north-west of the [[Sydney central business district]] in the [[Local government in Australia|local government area]] of [[Hornsby Shire]]. Cherrybrook is often referred to as being located in the [[Hills District, New South Wales|Hills District]] of Sydney.

Joseph Harrison, who had married Mary Ann Thompson, settled on a block in the area in 1839, planted orchards and built a small timber cottage they called "Cherrybrook Cottage".{{cn|date=October 2022}} The name "Cherrybrook" is believed to have come from the fact they grew cherry trees near the creek, which passed through their land. Their {{convert|65|acre|m2|singadj=on}} block, which became known as "Cherrybrook Farm", had been granted originally to Mary Russell during the 1820s. The orchards here produced peaches, apricots, pears, plums, and citrus fruit. Many years later the property was bought by Eric Vaux, who established a dairy and kept the name Cherrybrook.{{citation neededcn|date=AprilOctober 20142022}}

In February 1959, the land was subdivided to become the first project home village in Sydney. The original bushland was bulldozed, and exhibition homes were built on cut and fill sites, then landscaped. Accelerated development occurred again in the remaining rural areas in the 1980s, and Cherrybrook Post Office opened on 20 July 1994.<ref name="Post Office">{{Cite web | last = Premier PostalPhoenix History | title = Post Office List | url = httpshttp://www.premierpostalphoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsProdwsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=NSW&countryfilter=*Cherrybrook* | accessdateaccess-date = 127 JuneJanuary 20122021}}</ref>

Many of Cherrybrook's streets are named after native plants, trees, historical figures from convict times or local landowners. When Cherrybrook was subdivided from 1959 onwards, the developers chose colonial architects as a theme for naming some streets. None of the colonial architects and surveyors were associated with or lived in Cherrybrook.<ref name="Source 1994, p.13">Source: Patrick, Trevor G. 1994, Street Names of Pennant Hills and Surrounding Suburbs of Beecroft, Cheltenham, Cherrybrook, Thornleigh, Westleigh, and West Pennant Hills, Silicon Quill, Hornsby, p. 13.</ref>

* Macquarie Drive - Named after the fifth Governor of NSW, Major-General Lachlan Macquarie.

*Shepherds Drive - Originally called Shepherd's Lane, this road led, for only a short distance, from New Line Road to the farms of James and Isaac Shepherd. The road ran along the southern boundary of a {{convert|60|acre|m2|singadj=on}} farm granted to James in 1819. He also owned {{convert|30|acre|m2}} on the other side of New Line Road. In 1823 Isaac not only owned {{convert|60|acre|m2}} at the end of Shepherd's Lane but also {{convert|100|acre|km2|1}} on the southern side of [[Thompsons Corner, New South Wales]]. In 1833 Isaac acquired a further {{convert|100|acre|km2|1}} at the end of Shepherd's Lane.

*Booth Place - Named after the Booth family who owned this land. The Booth family lived in CHERRYBROOKCherrybrook till the mid 2010's2010s.

* Paxton Close - also associated with the Benedictine Order. Paxton is a made-up word meaning "a ton of pax (peace)" Pax is a motto of the Benedictine Order which built andan Abbeyabbey here in 1957. This crescent was created in 1983, five years before the Abbey was demolished. The name "Benedict" was selected at first but was refused.

* [[Eucalyptus microcorys|Tallowwood]] Avenue - Tallowwood is a very hard timber used for flooring and window sills. It comes from the tree ''Eucalyptus microcorys''.

*Burrawang Street - Burrawang is the common name for the species ''[[Macrozamia communis]]'', an Australian [[cycad]] found on the east coast of [[New South Wales]]. The word '''burrawang''' is derived from the [[Dharuk language]] and means "wild duck".<ref name="Source 1994, p.13"/>

[[File:Sydney Metro Cherrybrook Station worksite, August 2015.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Cherrybrook railway station]] work site, August 2015]] Cherrybrook is serviced by [[HillsbusCDC NSW]] bus routes linking to Sydney CBD and [[Cherrybrook railway station]], which is on the [[Metro North West Line]] of the [[Sydney Metro]] network, which opened 26 May 2019.

* [[Metrobus (Sydney)#M60: Parramatta to Hornsby|600]] - [[Hornsby, New South Wales|Hornsby]] to [[Parramatta]]

[[Cherrybrook Village Shopping Centre (owned by [[Mirvac]] [http://www.cherrybrookvillage.com.au/]) is a fully enclosed, single level neighbourhood shopping centre that has [[Woolworths (supermarkets)|Woolworths]] as its major tenant. It opened in 1989 and was refurbished in 2004.<ref>{{cite webpress release|url=http://www.mirvacfundsmanagement.com.au/upload/news/news/pdf/040112_cherrybrook_redevelopment.pdf/ |title=ArchivedASX Announcement JF Meridian Trust Announces $21.2 Million Retail Redevelopment At Cherrybrook Village In copySydney |accessdate=2008-06-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080722060732/http://www.mirvacfundsmanagement.com.au/upload/news/news/pdf/040112_cherrybrook_redevelopment.pdf |archivedate=22 July 2008 |dffirst1=dmyGreg }}|last1=Paramor ASX|first2=Nicholas Announcement,|last2=Collishaw |first3=Tony |last3=Pitt |date=23 January 2004 |agency=James Fielding Group}}</ref> Appletree Shops is a smaller shopping centre with cafes and a bakery.

[[Cherrybrook Technology High School|Cherrybrook Technology High School (CTHS)]] is currently the largest government secondary school in the state with over 2000 students and is growing larger each year, although it was originally built to accommodate 900 students.

* Cherrybrook [[Anglican Church]], [http://www.cherrybrookanglican.org.au/ located in Cherrybrook Community and Cultural Centre]

* C3 Church Cherrybrook, formerly Victory Community Christian Church (http://www.victoryccc.com.au/)

* [http://www.communitylife.org.au/ Cherrybrook Community Life Church] (CCLC), a Baptist / non-denominational community church

There is also a [https://web.archive.org/web/20140325154522/http://english.mahamevnawa.lk/branches/ Buddhist Mahāyāna Monastery].

==PopulationDemographics==

* {{cite web | url = http://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/cherrybrook | title = Cherrybrook | accessdate = 26 September 2015 | authorfirst = Joan | last = Rowland | date = 2008 | work=[[Dictionary of Sydney]]}} <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Creative| Commonspublisher = Dictionary of Sydney Trust license|CC url-Bystatus = live | archive-SA]]<nowiki>]<url = https:/nowiki>/web.archive.org/web/20231219011937/https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/cherrybrook | archive-date= 19 December 2023}}