Fiddletown, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Fiddletown
city = Sydney
state = nsw
coordinates = coord|151.04984|-33.60259


caption =
lga = Hornsby Shire
stategov = Hornsby
fedgov = Berowra
postcode = 2159
est =
pop =
area =
propval =
near-nw = Forest Glen
near-n = Canoelands
near-ne = Canoelands
near-w = Glenorie
near-e = Arcadia
near-sw = Glenorie
near-s = Arcadia
near-se = Arcadia
dist1 = 39
dir1 = north-west
location1= Sydney CBD

Fiddletown is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Fiddletown is located 39 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Hornsby Shire and is part of the North Shore region.

Landmarks

Fiddletown is a quiet rural suburb which features many orchards and rural properties. Fiddletown is home to a telephone exchange and Northholm Grammar School. While widely unrecognised, the building blocks of the H. Howard literary scholarship originated here in 1933, which has donated over 100,000 to successful students.

History

Fiddletown was named after two brothers named Henstock and another young man named Small, who took up selections in the area. Each had a violin or fiddle. Areas here were mined for sandstone and people who came to work there lived in caravans and grew orange orchids, which can still be found in Marramarra National Park.

In recent years, the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales debated its amalgamation into the adjacent suburb of Arcadia. However, this attempt was unsuccessful. [ [http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name_search/extract?id=JPQlBKUlMa Extract - Geographical Names Board ] ] .

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