Rydalmere
SuburbSuburb in Sydney's north-west on the northern banks of the Parramatta River.
Rydalmere
by Dictionary of Sydney staff writer, 2008
Originally Burramattagal country, the area that became Rydalmere was granted to Philip Schaeffer, who planted vines, and the land was later acquired by Hannibal Macarthur who built a grand house, later a Catholic girls' school. The area was named Rydalmere in 1886 when it was subdivided, but remained semi-rural, with orchards and poultry farms until industry moved in from the 1940s.
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