Eastwood (New South Wales)

Eastwood is a suburb of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. Eastwood is located about 17 kilometers northwest of the center of Sydney. The suburb also live about 16,000 inhabitants. It developed into a multicultural center with a large community of Chinese and Koreans. Eastwood is also known that the Granny Smith bred there, and was first cultivated.

Early Settlements

Previously lived Wallumedegal, a tribe of Aborigines in the area between Lane Cove River and Parramatta River. This area was settled after reaching the First Fleet in 1788 by the Europeans, especially of the Marines and the New South Wales Corps. The place was named after one of the first Irish settlers in Australia William Rutledge Eastwood.

Geography

Eastwood is at the end of the Hornsby Plateau with the suburbs of Dundas Valley and Denistone in the south. In the west, the area falls to the originally forested Cumberland Plain.

In 1886, Eastwood was connected to the railway that crosses Strathfield to Hornsby.

Eastwood Centre

The shopping center of Eastwood is located at the train station and the central square, the Plaza Eastwood, has numerous cafes with outdoor seating. In Eastwood is lined with shops leading products from Asia as well as Asian restaurants and supermarkets.

Development and life

Eastwood has numerous historical buildings dating from the early colonial period, such as the Brush Farm House, the oldest and best-preserved farm house in Australia, the Gregory Blaxland built, one of the discoverers of the way through the Blue Mountains and other buildings, such as the Eastwood House. In Eastwood, there is the Darvall Park and the Brush Farm Park with old and rare trees, and also many churches and schools. In the resort place in October each year, the Granny Smith Festival, which attracts tens of thousands of people in the place.

Ripley, built in 1888

Heatherwold, a school building in Eastwood