Ryde, New South Wales
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| LGAs: | Ryde Council | ||||||||||||
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| Postcode: | 2112 | ||||||||||||
| Population: | 99,506 | ||||||||||||
| Average property value: | $635,000 (2006) | ||||||||||||
| Location: | Sydney, NSW | ||||||||||||
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Ryde is a suburb in the in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Ryde is located about 12km west of theSydney central business district and 8km east of Parramatta. Ryde lies on the north bank of the Parramatta River, in the local government area of the City of Ryde.
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[edit] Landmarks
Schools in Ryde include government schools such as Ryde Secondary College (formerly Malvina High School) and Ryde Public School. It also includes a few private schools such as Holy Cross College Ryde and the German International School Sydney, the only German School in the Australasia region of the world.
Ryde Pool was home to water polo events for the Sydney Olympics, held in 2000. The pool is now owned by Ryde City Council after its former owners went into liquidation.
Ryde contains St Anne's church, which has the grave of Maria Anne "Granny" Smith, in whose orchards the Granny Smith apple was first found. Every year, in the suburb of Eastwood, the Granny Smith Festival is held in her honour.
[edit] Top Ryde
Top Ryde is a locality within Ryde, containing a medium sized shopping centre, one of the first to be built in Australia. Unfortunately its age is starting to show as it has not been refurbished in a long time. It is due to be demolished and refurbished.
The area has a strong ethnic community, consisting of Italian and Persian, and Indian cultures among many others. Top Ryde shopping centre is a popular meeting place for much of Ryde's youth.
Top Ryde is the location of the Ryde council office, library and the office of the current NSW MP John Watkins. See also: City of Ryde
[edit] History
Ryde was named after the town of Ryde on the Isle of Wight. It may have been adopted from G.M. Pope, who came from Ryde on the isle of White, who settled in the area and opened the Ryde Store.
Ryde is the third oldest settlement in Australia, after Sydney and Parramatta. Originally, known by its Aboriginal name Wallumetta, the whole area between Parramatta and Lane Cove Rivers became known as the Field of Mars. Ryde was used from the 1840s and adopted as the name of the municipality in 1870.
[edit] Notable residents
- Karen Moras - Olympics bronze medallist and world record holder, was born in Ryde in 1954
[edit] References
- The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
- Ryde City Council website
- History of Ryde
- 2001 Census Information
- Ryde Living community site
| Suburbs of the City of Ryde | Lower North Shore | Sydney |
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Denistone | Denistone East | Denistone West | East Ryde | Eastwood | Gladesville | Macquarie Park | Marsfield | Meadowbank | Melrose Park | North Ryde | Putney | Ryde | Tennyson Point | West Ryde |
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