Denistone

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Field	Value
type	suburb
name	Denistone
city	Sydney
state	nsw
image	(1)Denistone Park-1.jpg
caption	Denistone Park
lga	City of Ryde
region	Northern Sydney
postcode	2114
local_map	yes
zoom	12
coordinates
alternative_location_map	Australia NSW metro Sydney
pushpin_map_caption	Location in metropolitan Sydney
pop	3,726
pop_year
pop_footnotes
elevation	50
stategov	Ryde
fedgov	Bennelong
near-nw	Eastwood
near-n	Eastwood
near-ne	Eastwood
near-w	Denistone West
near-e	Denistone East
near-sw	West Ryde
near-s	West Ryde
near-se	West Ryde
dist1	16
dir1	north-west
location1	Sydney CBD
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Denistone is a suburb in Northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Denistone is located 16 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Ryde. Denistone West and Denistone East are separate suburbs.

History

The name of the suburb is derived from the name of a house built in the area by early European settlers Thomas and Elizabeth Forster.

The Wallumedegal Aboriginal people lived in the area between the Lane Cove River and Parramatta River, which they knew as Walumetta. Gregory Blaxland, a free settler, purchased the 450 acre Brush Farm estate in 1806, shortly after his arrival in the colony. This estate covered most of the area south from Terry Road to Victoria Road and Tramway Street, and east from Brush Road to Shaftsbury Road.

In 1829, Blaxland transferred Brush Farm Estate to his eldest daughter, Elizabeth, and her husband Dr Thomas Forster. Forster expanded the estate by purchasing the Porteous Mount grants of 120 acre on the Denistone ridge in 1830. Denistone was named after Forster's home "Dennistone", burnt down by bushfires in 1855.[[File:(1)The Hermitage-3A.jpg|thumb|[[The Hermitage, Denistone|The Hermitage]]|left]]

Richard Rouse Terry acquired the land from the Blaxlands in 1872 and rebuilt Denistone House, which is now within the grounds of Ryde Hospital. The Denistone estate, centred on Denistone House, was a late subdivision, not opened up for sale until 1913. Another historic house in Denistone is The Hermitage which was built by Gregory Blaxland's son, John Blaxland in about 1842.

Heritage listings

Denistone has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

1–13 Pennant Avenue: The Hermitage

Transport

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Looking_south_along_the_platforms_at_Denistone_Station_April_2013.jpg" caption="left]][[Denistone railway station]] is on the [[Main Northern railway line]] of the [[Sydney Trains]] network. Denistone is predominantly residential, lacking a commercial hub, and the station, which was opened in 1937, is considered to be the centre of the suburb.."] ::

Busways operates route 515 from Ryde to Eastwood via Denistone.

Politics

Denistone sits in the state electorate of Ryde whose member is Jordan Lane, and the Federal electorate of Bennelong whose member is Jerome Laxale.

Parks

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Darvall Park is a forest reserve near the railway line at Denistone. Flora includes Sydney blue gum, red olive berry, orange bark, waddy wood and forest nightshade. Despite over thirty years of bush regeneration, large areas of Darvall Park are heavily infested with weeds. Privet, Chinese privet, lantana, Madeira vine, taro and trad. The ringtail possum, Australian king parrot and satin bowerbird are sometimes seen here.

Demographics

Population

At the 2021 census, there were 3,726 residents in Denistone. 56.6% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were China 14.1% and South Korea 3.8%. 55.3% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 15.4%, Cantonese 8.7% and Korean 4.7%. The most common responses for religion in were No Religion 39.7%, Catholic 23.7%, Anglican 9.1% and 3.8% of Densitone's residents were practising Buddhism. Of occupied private dwellings, 79.6% were separate houses and 19.1% were semi-detached.

Income

At the 2021 Census Densitone's median weekly household income was recorded at $2,683.

Notable people

Arthur Beetson, renowned as one of the greatest Australian Rugby league players of all time used to live in Denistone.

References

{{Census 2021 AUS
"History of Ryde". City of Ryde.
''The Book of Sydney Suburbs'', Compiled by Frances Pollen, [[Angus & Robertson]], 1990 {{ISBN. 0-207-14495-8, page 83
{{cite NSW SHR. 5045683. Hermitage and Garden
"{{!}} transportnsw.info".

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