Yarramundi, New South Wales
- Yarramundi, New South Wales
Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Yarramundi
state = NSW
caption =
lga = City of Hawkesbury
postcode = 2753
est =
pop = 798 (2006 Census)
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov =
fedgov = Division of Greenway
dist1 = 69
location1= Sydney CBD
near-nw = Grose Vale
near-n = Grose Wold
near-ne = Richmond
near-w = Faulconbridge
near-e = Agnes Banks
near-sw = Winmalee
near-s = Hawkesbury Heights
near-se = Castlereagh
Yarramundi is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Yarramundi is located 69 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Hawkesbury.
History
The suburb is named after Yarramundi, an Indigenous Australian of the Boorooberongal clan of the Darug people. He was a "garadyi" or 'doctor' and was called by Europeans 'the chief of the Richmond Tribe'. [ [http://www.brewongle-e.schools.nsw.edu.au/bundeluk.htm Brewongle Environmental Education Centre >> Aboriginal studies >> Bundeluk ] ]
This area was previously known as Kearns Retreat.
Nepean Sand and Gravel Limited established a sand mine on the island at Yarramundi Falls in 1925. An aerial ropeway connected the island with railway sidings near Phillip, where the former railway to Kurrajong crossed the river. Following a flood which destroyed the ropeway, a railway was laid in 1927 from the existing sidings to the mine on the island. This railway was operated by their own locomotives. In July 1946, the transport was replaced by road trucks [Sydney's Forgotten Quarry Railways Oakes, John ISBN 0 9757870 3 9 pp53-64] .
port and Recreation
* Camp Yarramundi (YMCA)
* Yarramundi Skirmish (Paintball) [ [http://www.ultimateskirmish.com.au/upload/InfoPackOct2003.pdf Thank you for your enquiries regarding "THE ULTIMATE SKIRMISH GAME PTY LTD" ] ]
Population
The population was 597 in the 2001 Census, growing to 798 in the 2006 Census.
External links
References
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