Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Greenwich

Residential suburb on the north shore of Sydney Harbour, where the Lane Cove river joins the Parramatta River, named after shipbuilder George Green's Greenwich House. The Shell oil terminal has operated there since 1901.

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Greenwich

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2012

From its beginnings as a rural and maritime village built on the traditional lands of the Cammeraygal people, Greenwich developed as roads and water connections improved, into a prosperous, leafy commuter suburb.