Dictionary of Sydney

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Hurlstone Park

Small inner-western residential suburb on the northern shore of the Cooks River, between Dulwich Hill and Canterbury. It was named after the nearby Hurlstone College founded by John Kinloch, now the site of Trinity Grammar School.

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Hurlstone Park

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Originally comprising small farm blocks subdivided by Sophia Campbell, Hurlstone Park was to see a building boom with the development of both rail and tram lines through the area around the beginning of the twentieth century.