Project: Sydney and Surrounds. Photo walk 12. Windsor, City of Hawkesbury

Postcode: 2756

Population: 1670

Windsor is located 65 kilometres north-west of the Sydney CBD and is part of the local government area of the City of Hawkesbury.

3 facts about Windsor:

1. Windsor is the third-oldest place of British settlement on the Australian continent. Settlement at the location was first established about 1791, near the head of navigation on the Hawkesbury River and taking advantage of the fertile river flats for agriculture. The area was originally called Green Hills, but renamed Windsor (after Windsor in England).

2. On 1 January 1803 Daniel Egan was born in Windsor. He went on to become Mayor of Sydney in 1853.

3. Floods are a major concern in Windsor. Its proximity to the Hawkesbury River has resulted in numerous disastrous floods. A horseshoe on the outside wall of the Macquarie Arms pub marks the level the flood peaked at in 1867, when beaches along the Hawkesbury to Barrenjoey were littered with the debris from the town.

References: Wikipedia

Finished: Artarmon, Sydney CBD, Waverton, The University of Sydney, Glebe, Kogarah, Surry Hills, Ultimo, Kirribilli, Potts Point, Windsor

Coming soon: Balmain, Bondi, Chatswood, Edgecliff, Richmond, Newtown, Zetland, Waterloo, Darlington, Pirmont

Plan to walk: Hunters Hill, Mosman, Strathfield

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