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4 unusual facts about West Ryde


West Ryde, New South Wales

While they were in England, the land was rented by the explorer Gregory Blaxland, who owned nearby Brush Farm.

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

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

In the 1880s, with the building of the railway line from Homebush to Hornsby, some estates were subdivided along its route.


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.

Proposed railways in Sydney

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

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.

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.


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