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Brush Farm House, Eastwood c1885

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State Library of New South Wales
[a089349 / SPF/349]
(Mitchell Library)

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Eastwood

A region of farming estates, before the railway joined it to the city, Eastwood is now a multicultural suburb which retains some of its historic precincts.

Residential building

Victorian architecture

Brush Farm

Farm in the Ryde area granted to Zadoc Pettit and Thomas Bride in 1794 and later acquired by William Cox and then owned by Gregory Blaxland. Blaxland built Brush Farm House and successfully grew hops and grapes on his land.

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Eastwood

Northern commercial and residential centre named after Eastwood House, built by William Rutledge in 1840. Birthplace of the Granny Smith apple, it has become increasingly multicultural following postwar migration and more recently the arrival of many Chinese and Korean migrants.

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Brush Farm House

Georgian mansion constructed 1820 by Gregory Blaxland on his Brush Farm Estate in the Ryde area.

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