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Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney
Farlow, Margaret

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Farlow, Margaret

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Margaret Farlow is a local historian and member of Ryde District Historical Society, Sydney

Gladesville as Author

Lane Cove as Author

North Ryde as Author

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Gladesville

Established on traditional Wallumedegal land, Gladesville's farms and dairies supplied Sydney. Better transport and postwar housing demand later resulted in rapid expansion.

Lane Cove

Cameraygal country until the Europeans arrived, the suburb of Lane Cove on Sydney's north shore was built after the timber had been felled, and transport links made the land accessible from the city centre. The water of the creeks and Lane Cove River fostered industry along the foreshore.

North Ryde

Called Wallumetta by the Wallumedegal people who lived there, the area that became North Ryde was part of the Field of Mars common from 1804, with surrounding farms granted to settlers. When the common was subdivided and sold from the 1880s, small blocks led to residential development, gradually driving out the farms and orchards. By the 1960s, the district's increasing commercial expansion led to the farming and picnicking areas being developed into shops, showrooms and an industrial park.