Rogans Hill, New South Wales

Rogans Hill, New South Wales

Rogans Hills is a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the Baulkham Hills Shire, and was named after John Rogan, a pioneer who had been given a grant of land in the area by Governor Macquarie in 1818. [Oakes, J. "Walking a Forgotten Railway:The Rogans Hill Line Revisited." Bulletin, Vol 49 No 727, May 1998. ARHS NSW Division.] Its main attractions are Oakhill College and the Anglican Retirement Villages. It was the destination of a railway line (the Rogans Hill line) which closed in 1932. [cite web | last = Bozier | first = Rolfe | coaauthors = "et al" | work = NSWrail.net | title = Rogans Hill Line | url=http://www.nswrail.net/lines/show.php?name=NSW:rogans_hill | accessdate = 2007-05-26 ]

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