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42 unusual facts about Ryde


Afghan Australian

In Sydney there are several mosques to which Afghans gather, one located in North Ryde, New South Wales and another located in Blacktown, New South Wales.

Arthur Chipperfield

Arthur Gordon Chipperfield (17 November 1905, Ashfield, New South Wales – 29 July 1987, Ryde, New South Wales) was an Australian cricketer who played in 14 Tests from 1934 to 1938.

Birkenhead ferry wharf

There are up to twenty Sydney Buses services which run from the city to various locations in inner western Sydney, including Ryde, Parramatta and Macquarie University that use the stop.

Carlingford, New South Wales

North Brush was also used variously to identify the bush north of the Parramatta River covering what is now known as West Ryde, Eastwood, Carlingford and Dundas.

Cécile Bruyère

The French anti-religious laws of the early 20th century forced the whole community into exile in England, to the forerunner of the present St. Cecilia's Abbey, Ryde, on the Isle of Wight, where on 18 March 1909 Mother Cécile died.

Dennis Ferguson

In September 2009, in response to public anger at Ferguson living in the Ryde area in the Northern Suburbs region of Sydney, the Government of New South Wales under Premier Nathan Rees and the Housing Minister David Borger moved to introduce legislation to allow the government to evict child sex offenders from public housing.

Division of Bennelong

When the Division of Bennelong was created in 1949, it covered mainly the suburbs of Ryde, Hunters Hill and Lane Cove, all of which were (and still are) relatively affluent areas, and as such it has historically been a "safe" Liberal seat.

Electoral district of Fuller

Fuller was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1968 in the Ryde area and named after George Fuller, Premier of New South Wales, 1922-1925.

Electoral district of Ryde

Ryde was created originally in 1894 with the abolition of multi-member districts, from part of Central Cumberland and named after and including Ryde.

Epping, New South Wales

It contained the area of what is now Epping, along with the surrounding suburbs of Ryde and Marsfield.

Gladesville, New South Wales

A number of bus services run along Victoria Road, between the Sydney CBD and Ryde, with some services continuing as far as Parramatta.

Ian Moutray

Moutray, an inside centre, was born in Ryde, New South Wales and claimed 3 international rugby caps for Australia.

Ian O'Brien

After winning all the breaststroke events at the country championships, O'Brien was taken by his father to the Ryde pool in Sydney in 1960, to be coached by Forbes Carlile and his assistant, retired world record-breaking breaststroker Terry Gathercole.

Ivan Petch

He was active in the Ryde local area as Chairman of the Ryde Red Cross Calling Appeal 1978–84, President of the Ryde Lions Club 1985–86, and honorary member of the North Ryde Rotary Club and received a Paul Harris Fellow award.

Jack Renshaw

Renshaw was educated at Binnaway Central School, Patrician Brothers at Orange (where he lived with his grandmother), and then Holy Cross College at Ryde in north-western Sydney.

Karen Moras

Karen Lynne Moras (born 6 January 1954 in Ryde, New South Wales), known after marriage as Karen Moras-Stephenson was an Australian distance freestyle swimmer of the 1960s and 1970s who won a bronze medal in the 400 m freestyle at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

Ken Reed

Reed was born in Ryde, and worked in journalism, photography and advertising for the Hastings Gazette before acquiring a beef cattle property.

Lane Cove Road

Lane Cove Road extends generally NNE, crossing Epping Road at a grade separated intersection at North Ryde, and partly connecting with the M2 Hills Motorway.

Lenny McPherson

He was buried on 3 September 1996 at the Field Of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, New South Wales.

Maria Ann Smith

Thomas found employment with a settler in the fruit-growing district of Kissing Point, near Ryde.

Marsfield, New South Wales

The area was later part of the suburb of North Ryde, and many consider that Marsfield is still a part of the greater North Ryde area.

North Ryde, New South Wales

North Ryde is an extension of the adjacent suburb of Ryde which was named after the 'Ryde Store', a business run by G.M. Pope.

Ryde is the third oldest settlement in Australia, after Sydney and Parramatta.

Northern Suburbs

Landmark churches and cathedrals in the area include St Annes in Top Ryde (Australia's third oldest) and St Andrews in Eastwood.

Olsen Filipaina

Filipaina remains in Sydney since his retirement, living in Ryde.

Proposed railways in Sydney

In 2007, the NSW government announced the concept of an underground metro line between West Ryde and Malabar.

Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre

The Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre was an aquatics venue located in Ryde, New South Wales, Australia.

Ryde Bridge

The Ryde Bridge, which is in fact two bridges, is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia that crosses the Parramatta River, linking the suburb of Ryde in Sydney's Northern Suburbs to the suburb of Rhodes in Sydney's Inner West.

Ryde Road

Its name was derived from the simple fact that it leads to Ryde.

Ryde Secondary College

It is only one of three surviving co-ed secondary schools in the Ryde/Hunters Hill district, along with Marsden High School at West Ryde and Hunters Hill High School.

Ryde Secondary College is a co-educational public high school in Ryde, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Silverwater, New South Wales

Silverwater is serviced by several bus services including routes to Parramatta, Strathfield, Auburn, Ryde and of course Sydney Olympic Park.

St. Cecilia's Abbey, Solesmes

The French anti-religious laws of the early 20th century forced the whole community into exile in England, to the forerunner of the present St. Cecilia's Abbey, Ryde, on the Isle of Wight, where on 18 March 1909 Mother Cécile died.

Sydney Kirkby

In 1914 he returned to pastoral duties at St Anne's church in Ryde, New South Wales.

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers' Advocate

The remaining owners of The Cumberland Argus purchased their rival publication The Cumberland Mercury, along with The River Times, a Ryde newspaper and The Weekly Advance, from Granville, in April 1895 and incorporated all three papers into The Cumberland Argus with issue Vol.

Victor Dominello

Victor Michael Dominello MP (born 30 July 1967 in Ryde, New South Wales), an Australian politician, is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing the electorate of Ryde for the Liberal Party of Australia since 2008, and is the Minister for Citizenship, Communities and Aboriginal Affairs since 2011 in the Coalition state government.

He joined the Liberal Party in the early 1990s, and in 1995 Dominello was elected as a Councillor for the City of Ryde.

Wallumatta

The Wallumatta Nature Reserve is a small and critically endangered remnant of preserved bushland located at the corner of Twin and Cressy Roads, North Ryde, and is significant for being the largest remaining expanse of endangered Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest, which is an ecological community of plants unique to the Sydney bioregion.

The heartland of this type of forest once covered some 26,000 hectares west to Guildford, and North of Parramatta River from Ryde to Castle Hill, as well as on the shale ridge caps in the Hornsby Plateau and into areas of the inner western suburbs.

Wanda Beach Murders

In 1963 Helmut Schmidt moved the family to Sydney after contracting Hodgkin's disease and they found a home in the suburb of Ryde.

West Ryde railway station

West Ryde railway station is a railway station in West Ryde on the North Shore, Northern & Western Line of the Sydney Trains network.

West Ryde, New South Wales

West Ryde is an extension of Ryde, which was named after the 'Ryde Store', a business run by G.M. Pope.


Electoral district of Willoughby

With the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into the multi-member electorate of Ryde along with Burwood and Gordon.

Head Banger

The song used two samples, Joe Tex's "Papa Was Too" and Brand Nubian's "Slow Down", and was later sampled itself by the Ruff Ryders on "Ryde or Die", which served as the opening song on their debut album, Ryde or Die Vol. 1.

Isle of Wight Railway

This section through Ryde and along Ryde Pier was built and owned jointly by the LB&SCR and the London and South Western Railway.

John Carlsson

Johan Erik "John" Carlsson (January 5, 1870, Stockholm - July 24, 1935 Värmdö) was a sailor from Sweden, who represented his native country at the 1908 Summer Olympics in Ryde, Isle of Wight, Great Britain in the 8 Metre.

Morgan Morgan-Giles

So he took the train to London, passed through the turnstile at Lord's Cricket Ground; straight in, round and out again, and took the train down to Ryde, on the Isle of Wight, where father and son entered the race, and won; This was the Prince of Wales Cup, one of the most prestigious National dinghy races of the year.

National Cycle Route 22

National Cycle Route 22 (NCR22) runs from Banstead to Brockenhurst in the New Forest via Dorking, Guildford, Farnham, Petersfield, Havant, Portsmouth, Ryde, Yarmouth and Lymington.

Northern Suburbs

The Northern Suburbs (also known as Central North, Inner Northwest, Macquarie District, Ryde District and Northern District) is the metropolitan area on the northern bank of the Parramatta River in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia east of West Pennant Hills and west of the Lane Cove National Park, south of Hornsby.

R. W. Ryde

Following his period at Trinity, Rev Ryde took charge of the Sinhalese Women Teachers Vernacular Training School, in Cotta, Colombo.

Railways on the Isle of Wight

Shortly after this, the Isle of Wight Railway (IWR) company built its initial line from Ryde to Shanklin, opening in 1864.

Ryde Manor

Ryde was parcel of Ashey Manor, and seems to have formed the portion of John the youngest son of Giles Worsley.

Ryde Sands and Wootton Creek SSSI

Ryde Sands and Wootton Creek is a 424.2 hectare Site of special scientific interest which stretches along the north-east coast of the Isle of Wight, from Wootton Bridge past Ryde and Seaview to Seagrove Bay.

Sam Browne

His remains were cremated but there is a memorial marker dedicated to Browne in the Ryde New Cemetery, as well as plaques at St Paul's Cathedral and Lahore Cathedral.

Seaview Services

In 1922 Richard Newell commenced operating a bus service between Seaview and Ryde.

Stan Taylor

He ran unsuccessfully for Ryde at the 1925 state election, but was expelled from 1927 to 1930.

Thomas Henley

Henley was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1904 representing Burwood as a member of the Liberal Reform Party, Liberal Party, Nationalist Party and United Australia Party until 1935, except for the period of proportional representation (1920–1927), when he was a member for Ryde.

Transport on the Isle of Wight

In the 1950s and 1960s, and before the Beeching Report, the Island boasted a comprehensive railway network based on a triangle of lines connecting Ryde, Newport, Sandown and Ventnor.

West Ryde, New South Wales

In 1908 the Ermington-Rydalmere Council tried unsuccessfully to persuade Ryde aldermen that the name should be Ermington.

William Frederick Mitchell

William Frederick Mitchell (Calshot, 1845–1914, Ryde, Isle of Wight) was a British artist commissioned to paint many naval and merchant ships.