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Wilberforce is one of the original settlements established as a township by Lachlan Macquarie, colonial governor of New South Wales 1810–21.It is known locally as "Macquarie Town", [2] a title given to townships established by Governor Macquarie on 6 December 1810 [3] in and around the Sydney metropolitan area.
The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales. Wilberforce Park has State rarity significance because it is the best preserved of the three Macquarie town squares which survive and fulfil their original function in the Hawkesbury towns founded and planned by Governor Macquarie in ...
The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales. It meets this criterion of State significance because Governor Lachlan Macquarie's scheme of establishing a school, church and burial ground on an elevated and/or central position was fully realised at Wilberforce during his governorship.
The place has a strong or special association with a person, or group of persons, of importance of cultural or natural history of New South Wales's history. APV was the creation of Dugald (Bill) McLachlan (1917–1971), an industrial chemist who has significance as a pioneer of water-skiing on the Hawkesbury, as well as some fame in car rallies.
Stannix Park House is a heritage-listed residence in Stannix Park Lane, off Stannix Park Road, Wilberforce, City of Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia. It was built in 1839. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. [1]
Putty Road commences as John Street in Singleton, running in a southerly direction as a two-lane, single carriageway road, crossing the Main Northern railway line as Putty Road and continuing south until the intersection with Mitchells Line of Road (part of Golden Highway); Putty Road and Golden Highway are concurrent for around 2 kilometres through the Mount Thorley industrial estate, before ...
Cook County was one of the original Nineteen Counties in New South Wales and is now one of the 141 cadastral divisions of New South Wales.It includes the area to the west of Sydney in the Blue Mountains, between the Colo River in the north, and the Coxs River in the south and west, encompassing Lithgow, Mount Victoria, Katoomba, Wentworth Falls, Lawson and most of the other towns in the Blue ...
Wilberforce and Windsor Freemans Reach is a town in New South Wales , Australia . Freemans Reach is located 65 kilometres north-west of Sydney in the local government area of the City of Hawkesbury .