Hornsby

Suburb

Northern suburb of Sydney which is the centre of a large shire and a busy commercial centre.

Names
Alternate
Jack's Island
Commemorated
Horne, Samuel Henry

Hornsby

by Joan Rowland, 2008

 

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Named for a police constable who killed a bushranger, Hornsby expanded rapidly with the construction of the north shore railway line in 1890.
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Hornsby demographics

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