Changing Suburbs

The Hills Shire, north west of Sydney, occupies an area from Baulkham Hills in the south to Wisemans Ferry in the north.

The Shire is one of the fastest growing Local Government areas in Sydney, with two thirds in the north being rural land used for farming and other agricultural industries. The south once saw extensive agricultural activities by pioneer descendants and later by migrant families.

These suburbs have experienced the highest levels of development and population growth and change is still rapidly occurring. 

Suburb	Interviewee	Part
Annangrove	John Doering	One	Two
Baulkham Hills	Elizabeth Porter	One	Two
Box Hill	Trish Miller	One	Two
Castle Hill	Heather Watson	One	Two
Castle Hill	Connie Keith	One	Two
Dural	Pat Nati (OAM)	One	Two
Glenhaven	Helen Zamprogno	One	Two
Glenorie	Ray Whiteman	One	Two
Kellyville	Flo and Dennis Willcox	One	Two
Kenthurst	Malcolm Johnston	One	Two
Lower Portland	Connie Lowe	One
Maraylya	John Cox	One	Two
Maroota	Charlie and Carmen Camilleri	One	Two
Nelson	Norm Hession	One	Two
Rouse Hill	Jack Iori (OAM)	One	Two
	Click HERE for interviews relating to the New Rouse Hill development
West Pennant Hills	Gwen Millhouse	One	Two
West Pennant Hills	Jack Smith	One	Two
Wisemans Ferry	Bon and Noel Lennon	One	Two

 

The below suburbs were previously part of The Hills Shire but are now part of City of Parramatta

Suburb	Interviewee	Part
Carlingford	Eric and Lorna McGraw	One	Two
North Rocks	Bill McGuinness	One	Two
Northmead	Enid Davis	One	Two