Gladesville, New South Wales
Gladesville is a suburb of Sydney in Australia. It is located 9 km north- west of the center of Sydney and is part of the Local Government Area Ryde City and Hunter 's Hill Municipality in the northern suburbs of Sydney.
Gladesville is known by its banks looks and his bush plantings along the Parramatta River. The Gladesville Bridge, a landmark of Sydney, which connects the northern suburbs with the western inner city, has its name from this suburb.
History
As the population of Europe in 1795 began with a free transfer of land to the condemned artist John Doody, was the first area Doody 's Bay. Other settlers in the area were William House (1795 ), Ann Benson (1796 ) and Charles Raven (1799 ). 1836 discharged convict John Glade was registered as the owner of the land of John Doody, which he had acquired in 1817. Glade enlarged his property by purchase of adjoining lands. After his death in 1848, his land was sold to Mr. W. Bill Yard a solicitor from Sydney, the then aufteilte it into plots and in November 1855 re-sold under the name of Gladesville.
A milestone in the development of the suburb was the establishment of the Tarban Creek Lunatic Asylum in 1838 on the banks of the Parramatta River. It was the first purpose-built psychiatric hospital in New South Wales. The building was largely designed by colonial architect Mortimer Lewis and built from 1836 to 1838. In 1869 it was renamed Gladesville Hospital for the Insane and 1915 in Gladesville Mental Hospital. 1993, it was merged with the Macquarie Hospital for Gladesville Macquarie Hospital. In 1997, the inpatient departments have been incorporated in Macquarie Hospital in North Ryde. The complex in Gladesville consists of many buildings that are listed in the Australian Register of the National Monuments.
One of the acquisitions of the hospital was a two-story sandstone building called The Priory in Salter Street. It originated in the 1840s, probably by the family Stubbs and had an east facade in georganischen style and a western facade with a gable and a painted sundial. In the 1850s it was sold to the Marist Fathers, who had an influence on the early development of Hunters Hill. The hospital bought the building in 1888 and in 1978 it was included in the Australian Register of the National Monuments.
Another historical landmark is the homestead rocking, where the poet Banjo Paterson lived in the 1870s and 1880s. It was built around 1850, is today still well preserved and available to the public in Banjo Patterson Park at the Punt Road open. He is also listed in the Australian Register of the National Monuments.
Economy
Gladesville has a shopping center to Victoria Road, the main street of the suburb and a small shopping center ( Gladesville Shopping Village ) in the field of Cowell Street. A number of restaurants are also there, offering food from all over the world, eg Thai, Indian, Vietnamese, Greek and Italian. Places of entertainment can be found at the Bayview Hotel, Hotel in Sawdust and in Gladesville RSL Club.
Traffic
The public transport system consists of the ferry on the Parramatta River and several bus lines. The latter leads along Victoria Road towards the city center of Sydney and Parramatta, as well as along the Pittwater Road Chatswood and Woolwich.
Train
There are two primary schools in the suburb: the Gladesville Public School and Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School. There is also the Riverside Girls High School, a secondary school.
Population
According to the 2011 census, 10,974 people live in Gladesville, of which 5,732 ( 52.2 % ) females and 5,242 ( 47.8%) are male. 67.6 % of residents of Gladesville were born in Australia.
Gallery Images
Residential street in Gladesville
Ryde Road, Gladesville Hunters Hill after.
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church ( 1925) in Victoria Road
Rocking, where Banjo Paterson lived
The Priory in Salter Street
Former residence of the medical superintendent of the madhouse of Gladesville
Graves of a doctor (left) and Superintendent (right) in the madhouse of Gladesville