Wahroonga, New South Wales

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Wahroonga

Postcode	2076
Location	Sydney, N.S.W.
LGA	Ku-ring-gai Council
Established	1822
Population	11,388 (2001 census)
Area	820 hectares
Median property value	$735,000 (2006) includes Normanhurst
Neighbouring suburbs
Waitara, Warrawee, Normanhurst

Wahroonga is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located in the Upper North Shore area, and is about 20 kilometers north-west of Sydney CBD. Although most of Wahroonga lies within the Ku-ring-gai local government area, part of it is in the Shire of Hornsby.

Many houses in Wahroonga are set on 1000sqm plus land with a few on over 5000sqms. With the further expansion of Sydney the suburban development of Wahroonga has become more densely settled.

1 Geography
2 Schools
3 Notable features
4 Transportation
5 Notable former/current residents
6 External links

[edit] Geography

Wahroonga lies on a plateau almost 200 meters above sea level, with higher rainfall than most of Sydney and fairly good soil. In the early days of British settlement in New South Wales, the main activity was cutting down the tall trees which grew there. 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.

[edit] Schools

Wahroonga is home to private schools Knox Grammar School and Abbotsleigh as well as several other schools. Wahroonga also has a state primary school, Wahroonga Public School, commonly known as "The Bush School", as well as Prouille Catholic Primary School.

Rose Seidler House, Wahroonga, Sydney, Australia

[edit] Notable features

The Rose Seidler House, built by Harry Seidler between 1948 and 1950, is hailed as one of the world's great examples of modern residential architecture.

Today, Wahroonga has a small boutique shopping strip, with several small restaurants. It is the Sydney end place of the F3 Freeway to Newcastle. Wahroonga is also home to Sydney Adventist Hospital and the offices of the South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists.

[edit] Transportation

Wahroonga railway station

[edit] Notable former/current residents

Adam Garcia, an Australian actor

[edit] External links

Information on Wahroonga at Ku-ring-gai council's website
Rose Seidler House

Coordinates: -33.7183° 151.1187°

Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.

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