Cherrybrook, New South Wales


Cherrybrook is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 27 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Hornsby Shire. Cherrybrook is located in the Hills District of Sydney.

History

European settlement

Joseph Harrison, who had married Mary Ann Thompson, settled on a block in the area in 1839, planted orchards and built a small timber cottage they called "Cherrybrook Cottage". The name "Cherrybrook" is believed to have come from the fact they grew cherry trees near the creek, which passed through their land. Their block, which became known as "Cherrybrook Farm", had been granted originally to Mary Russell during the 1820s. The orchards here produced peaches, apricots, pears, plums, and citrus fruit. Many years later the property was bought by Eric Vaux, who established a dairy and kept the name Cherrybrook.
In February 1959, the land was subdivided to become the first project home village in Sydney. The original bushland was bulldozed, and exhibition homes were built on cut and fill sites, then landscaped. Accelerated development occurred again in the remaining rural areas in the 1980s, and Cherrybrook Post Office opened on 20 July 1994.

Street names

Many of Cherrybrook's streets are named after native plants, trees, historical figures from convict times or local landowners. When Cherrybrook was subdivided from 1959 onwards, the developers chose colonial architects as a theme for naming some streets. None of the colonial architects and surveyors were associated with or lived in Cherrybrook.
Cherrybrook is serviced by Hillsbus bus routes linking to Sydney CBD and Cherrybrook railway station, which is on the Metro North West Line of the Sydney Metro network, which opened 26 May 2019.
Cherrybrook Village Shopping Centre is a fully enclosed, single level neighbourhood shopping centre that has Woolworths as its major tenant. It opened in 1989 and was refurbished in 2004. Appletree Shops is a smaller shopping centre.

Education

Cherrybrook is serviced by a number of educational institutions, including Cherrybrook Nursery and Preschool, ABC Developmental Learning Centre, Kindalin Early Childhood Learning Centre, Cherrybrook Community Pre-School, Cherrybrook Public School, John Purchase Public School, Cherrybrook Technology High School, Tangara School for Girls, and Inala, a Rudolf Steiner School supporting individuals with disabilities.
Cherrybrook Technology High School is currently the largest government secondary school in the state with over 2000 students and is growing larger each year, although it was built to accommodate 900 students.

Religion

Cherrybrook has a large number of Christian churches of many denominations:
There is also a .
According to analysis published by Hornsby Council, the largest changes in Cherrybrook residents' religious affiliations from the census in 2006 to 2011 were for those who nominated:
Recreation areas include Greenway Park, The Lakes of Cherrybrook, Edward Bennett Oval, Thomas Thompson Park, and a number of other small parks. Cherrybrook also has a number of walking trails and fire trails that are part of the Berowra Bushland Reserve, including the Callicoma Walk. Cherrybrook has a large Baseball community with over 500 playing members who call Greenway park home for the Greenway Giants Baseball Club.

Population

Demographics

According to the 2016 census there were 18,765 residents in Cherrybrook. Of these: