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Porteous Mount

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Land grant made in 1795 in the Ryde area.

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Denistone East

Part of Wallumetta, country of the Wallumedegal before the Europeans came, the area that became Denistone East was granted to settlers in the 1790s, and farmed until the 1880s when subdivision took place. Though the promised railway line did not eventuate, substantial housing development took place, with two public housing estates built after World War II.

Denistone

Wallumedegal country until the Europeans arrived, the land that became Denistone was granted to Europeans in the 1790s and became farms owned by some of the colony's leading families. Subdivision during the twentieth century created a series of pleasant suburban localities in the City of Ryde.