Thornleigh

Suburb

Residential suburb in Sydney's north-west.

Thornleigh

by Joan Rowland, 2008

 

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Named for John Thorn, to whom the land was granted as a reward for capturing bushrangers, Thornleigh became an orchard and dairy district, with a quarry that provided rock for the railway line that went through in the 1880s. Citrus fruit and vegetables grown in Thornleigh went to the Sydney markets by rail.
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