Waitara Suburb Northern commercial and residential suburb. A Māori word for 'pure water', its name comes from the property owned by Miles McCrae, Railways Commissioner in the 1890s. Locate -33.703705706295, 151.10812168543 Property Administered by Hornsby Shire Council {"name":"Administered by","target":"Hornsby Shire Council","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'><\/span>"},"date_start":null,"date_end":null} Part of Hornsby Shire {"name":"Part of","target":"Hornsby Shire","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'><\/span>"},"date_start":null,"date_end":null} Type Suburb {"name":"Suburb","target":"","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'><\/span>"},"date_start":null,"date_end":null} Waitara by Joan Rowland , 2008 Named for a river in New Zealand, Waitara was not closely settled until after World War I, when orchards gave way to homes and shops. more »