| Fiddletown Sydney, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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| Population | 259 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2159 | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 39 km (24 mi) north-west of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Hornsby Shire | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Hornsby | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Berowra | ||||||||||||||
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Fiddletown is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Fiddletown is located 39 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Hornsby Shire and is part of the North Shore region.
Landmarks
Fiddletown is a quiet rural suburb which features many orchards and rural properties. Fiddletown is home to a telephone exchange and Northholm Grammar School. While widely unrecognised, the building blocks of the H. Howard literary scholarship originated here in 1933, which has donated over 100,000 to successful students.
History
Fiddletown was named after two brothers named Henstock and another young man named Small, who took up selections in the area. Each had a violin or fiddle [2].
In recent years, Geographical Names Board debated its amalgamation into the adjacent suburb of Arcadia. However, this attempt was unsuccessful.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Fiddletown (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name_search/extract?id=JPQlBKUlMa
External links
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