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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Brookvale

Suburb

Suburb in Sydney's northern beaches region which was home to Chinese and Italian market gardens. These were gradually replaced by industrial and residential development in the postwar period, when it was selected in the Cumberland Planning Scheme as the main area for industrial zoning in Warringah.

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Name
Alternate
Greendale
Property
Administered by
Warringah Council
- 2016
Part of
Warringah local government area
- 2016
Administered by
Northern Beaches Council
2016 -
Part of
Northern Beaches local government area
2016 -
Type
Suburb

Brookvale

by
Maree Weicks
,
2008

The area that became Brookvale was granted and sold to settlers from the 1830s, the land becoming farms, market gardens and brickyards. The gardens were worked by Chinese and later Italian gardeners. Industrial growth during the 1960s covered the gardens with factories and a bus depot, and some industry remains, amid residential development.

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