Windsor (New South Wales)

Windsor is a town of 1,670 inhabitants in the Australian state of New South Wales. Windsor is located 56 kilometers north-west of the center of Sydney and is the seat of the local government area ( LGA) City of Hawkesbury. Located on the banks of the Hawkesbury River, it is the third oldest settlement in Australia.

Originally called Green Hills, the settlement was founded in 1791 on the fertile banks of the Hawkesbury River. With the proclamation of the city in 1810 by Governor Lachlan Macquarie, it received its final name Windsor, after the English town of Windsor in Berkshire. The geographical advantage of this region, can be reached by boat from Sydney, Windsor made ​​in the early days the main supplier of grain for the growing metropolis with the large demand for food. The intensification of agriculture has resulted in increased silting of the Hawkesbury River and from the 1890s the waterway for ships was blocked.

Even today, in the city, many buildings of European settlers to visit, and the Courthouse built in 1821 and the St Matthew 's Anglican Church from 1817.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Daniel Egan (1803-1870), Mayor of Sydney
  • Marianne Curley ( born 1959 ), children's author
States and territories of Australia Local government areas of Australia Windsor (Berkshire) Australian Bureau of Statistics
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