Wahroonga, New South Wales

Wahroonga Sydney, New South Wales
Marian Clarke Building, Abbotsleigh School
Population	16,726 (2011 census)
• Density	2,040/km2 (5,280/sq mi)
Established	1822
Postcode(s)	2076
Area	8.2 km2 (3.2 sq mi)
Location	22 km (14 mi) north-west of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)	Ku-ring-gai Council Hornsby Shire
State electorate(s)	Ku-ring-gai
Federal Division(s)	Bradfield
Suburbs around Wahroonga: Hornsby Waitara North Wahroonga North Turramurra Normanhurst Thornleigh Wahroonga Turramurra Pennant Hills Warrawee South Turramurra

Wahroonga is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 22 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Ku-ring-gai Council and Hornsby Shire.

Wahroonga is an Aboriginal word meaning our home. In the early days of British settlement in New South Wales, the main activity was cutting down the tall trees which grew there. Wahroonga was first settled in 1822 by Thomas Hyndes, a convict who became a wealthy landowner.

Hyndes's land was later acquired by John Brown, a merchant and timber-getter. After Brown had cleared the land of timber, he planted orchards. Later, Ada, Lucinda and Roland Avenues were named after three of his children. His name has ì in Browns Road, Browns Field and Browns Waterhole on the Lane Cove River. The last member of the Brown family was Gertrude Mary Appleton, who died in 2008 at the age of ninety-three. She is buried in the cemetery of St John the Baptist Church, Gordon.

After the North Shore railway line was opened in 1890 it became a popular place for wealthy businessmen to build out-of-town residences with large gardens. Wahroonga Post Office opened on 15 October 1896. Much of this development occurred in the 1920s and 1930s.

Wahroonga has several small shopping villages, such as Wahroonga shopping village with several small restaurants, Hampden Avenue shopping centre in East Wahroonga and Fox Valley Shopping Centre in South Wahroonga on Fox Valley Road. The Sydney Adventist Hospital is in Wahroonga, as is Globalstar's Australian office, and the offices of the South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists.