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Grose Farm from Toll Gate c1862-1869

Grose Farm from Toll Gate c1862-1869

By

Frederick Charles Terry

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a2291001 / ML 315]

(Mitchell Library)

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Terry, Frederick Charles

State Library of New South Wales

Darlington

Traditional country of the Gadigal people, the area that became Darlington was part of Grose Farm, and set aside for the trustees of the Female Orphan School. Its timber was cleared and the fertile land became Thomas Shepherd's Darling Nursery. By the 1880s the whole area was built over with terraces of workers' housing. In the twentieth century, the University of Sydney encroached into Darlington, rebuilding much of it and reducing the population.

The road west

The first road out of Sydney town led to the farming settlement at Parramatta, and this western gateway to the city retained its importance as the suburbs spread west towards the Blue Mountains.

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