Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Berowra

Far northern suburb, much of which forms the Berowra Valley Regional Park. It grew quickly after the first major subdivisions of land in the 1950s.

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The first European landowner in Berowra was Mary Wall in 1879, and settlement was slow until the railway platform was built in 1887, bringing holiday visitors and bushwalkers.