Arcadia, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Arcadia
city = Sydney
state = New South Wales


caption =
lga = Hornsby Shire
postcode = 2159
est =
pop = 1,358 [ [http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?locationLastSearchTerm=arcadia&locationSearchTerm=arcadia&newarea=SSC16075&submitbutton=View+QuickStats+%3E&mapdisplay=on&collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC16075&geography=&method=Place+of+Usual+Residence&productlabel=&producttype=QuickStats&topic=&navmapdisplayed=true&javascript=true&breadcrumb=PL&topholder=0&leftholder=0&currentaction=104&action=401&textversion=false&subaction=1 Australian Bureau of Statistics] ]
area =
propval =
stategov = Hornsby
fedgov = Berowra
near-nw = Glenorie
near-n = Fiddletown
near-ne = Berrilee
near-w = Glenorie
near-e = Berrilee
near-sw = Galston
near-s = Galston
near-se = Berrilee
dist1 = 42
dir1 = north-west
location1= Sydney CBD

Arcadia is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Arcadia is located 42 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Hornsby Shire. Arcadia is in the Upper North Shore region. [Gregory's Sydney Street Directory, Gregory's Publishing Company, 2007]

History

Arcadia is derived from Arcadia, a region in Greece and in Greek mythology was "a pastoral retreat". [Oxford Companion To Classical Literature, M.C.Howatson (Oxford) 1989]

Aboriginal Culture

The original inhabitants of the area were the Darug people.

European Settlement

The name "Dooral" appeared on Surveyor James Meehan’s map of April 1817 and originally covered the whole area which includes present day Arcadia, as well as Dural, Glenorie and Galston. [Book of Sydney Suburbs, Frances Pollon (Angus and Robertson) 1990]

Timber cutters opened up the area from 1817 and the early settlements were originally known as Upper, Middle, Lower, North and Little Dural. The name Arcadia was given to a public school that opened in this area in 1895 and was later adopted for the suburb. [Book of Sydney Suburbs]

Commercial Areas

Arcadia is a semi-rural suburb, whose only retail is the small cafe/local store called Andy's takeaway. Other commercial developments are restricted to stables, 'pet nannies' and fruit produce.

Transport

Arcadia Road is the main road through the suburb that provides access from Galston and leads north into Bay Road to Berrilee and Berowra Waters. Arcadia Road also links to Cobah Road which leads north to Fiddletown.

Landmarks

* St Benedict's Monastery
* Vision Valley Conference and Recreation Centre
* Glenacres Nursery

Schools

Northholm Grammar School uses an Arcadia address, however geographically it is actually situated in Fiddletown.

ee also

*Church Point Ferry

References

External links