- Arcadia, New South Wales
Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Arcadia
city =Sydney
state =New South Wales
caption =
lga =Hornsby Shire
postcode = 2159
est =
pop = 1,358 [ [http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?locationLastSearchTerm=arcadia&locationSearchTerm=arcadia&newarea=SSC16075&submitbutton=View+QuickStats+%3E&mapdisplay=on&collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC16075&geography=&method=Place+of+Usual+Residence&productlabel=&producttype=QuickStats&topic=&navmapdisplayed=true&javascript=true&breadcrumb=PL&topholder=0&leftholder=0¤taction=104&action=401&textversion=false&subaction=1 Australian Bureau of Statistics] ]
area =
propval =
stategov = Hornsby
fedgov = Berowra
near-nw = Glenorie
near-n = Fiddletown
near-ne = Berrilee
near-w = Glenorie
near-e = Berrilee
near-sw = Galston
near-s = Galston
near-se = Berrilee
dist1 = 42
dir1 = north-west
location1= Sydney CBDArcadia is a suburb of
Sydney , in the state ofNew South Wales ,Australia . Arcadia is located 42kilometres north-west of theSydney central business district in the local government area ofHornsby Shire . Arcadia is in the Upper North Shore region. [Gregory's Sydney Street Directory, Gregory's Publishing Company, 2007]History
Arcadia is derived from
Arcadia , a region inGreece and inGreek mythology was "a pastoral retreat". [Oxford Companion To Classical Literature, M.C.Howatson (Oxford) 1989]Aboriginal Culture
The original inhabitants of the area were the
Darug people.European Settlement
The name "Dooral" appeared on Surveyor James Meehan’s map of April
1817 and originally covered the whole area which includes present day Arcadia, as well as Dural, Glenorie and Galston. [Book of Sydney Suburbs, Frances Pollon (Angus and Robertson) 1990]Timber cutters opened up the area from 1817 and the early settlements were originally known as Upper, Middle, Lower, North and Little Dural. The name Arcadia was given to a public school that opened in this area in 1895 and was later adopted for the suburb. [Book of Sydney Suburbs]
Commercial Areas
Arcadia is a semi-rural suburb, whose only retail is the small cafe/local store called Andy's takeaway. Other commercial developments are restricted to stables, 'pet nannies' and fruit produce.
Transport
Arcadia Road is the main road through the suburb that provides access from Galston and leads north into Bay Road to Berrilee and Berowra Waters. Arcadia Road also links to Cobah Road which leads north to Fiddletown.
Landmarks
* St Benedict's Monastery
* Vision Valley Conference and Recreation Centre
* Glenacres NurserySchools
Northholm Grammar School uses an Arcadia address, however geographically it is actually situated in Fiddletown.ee also
*
Church Point Ferry References
External links
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