Berrilee, New South Wales

Berrilee
Sydney, New South Wales

Population

335 (2011 census)^[1]

Postcode(s)

2159

Location

38 km (24 mi) north-west of Sydney CBD

Suburbs around Berrilee:
Arcadia		Berowra Waters
Arcadia	Berrilee	Berowra Heights
Galston	Hornsby Heights	Mount Ku-ring-gai

Berrilee is a semi-rural suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Berrilee is located 38 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Hornsby Shire and is part of the North Shore region.

Berrilee sits on the western shore of Berowra Creek, which empties into the Hawkesbury River.

History

Berrilee is believed to be derived from an Aboriginal word 'Buraillee' possibly having something to do with mouth or food.^[2]

Demographics

According to the 2011 census of Population, there were 335 residents in Berrilee. 70.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common other countries of birth were England 6.9%, Thailand 3.6% and New Zealand 2.7%. 83.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Thai 3.6%, German 1.2% and Dutch 0.9%. The most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 28.4%, Catholic 20.1% and Anglican 18.6%.^[1]

Local area

Berrilee is a small town, without any "stores", to speak. There is one small store near Berowra Waters and another in Arcadia. There was a primary school, but due to a lack of students (there were less than seven), it closed down in 1957.^[3]

References

1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Berrilee (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
↑ "Traditional Aboriginal Names for the Regions and Features in The Hills Shire" (PDF). The Hills Shire. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
↑ "Berrilee Public School". dictionaryofsydney.org. Retrieved 20 November 2016.

External links

Joan Rowland (2008). "Berrilee". Dictionary of Sydney. Retrieved 25 September 2015. [CC-By-SA]

Coordinates: 33°36′56″S 151°05′53″E / 33.61547°S 151.09811°E / -33.61547; 151.09811

Suburbs within Hornsby Shire, North Shore, Northern Suburbs, Hills District, Sydney

Arcadia Asquith Beecroft Berowra Berowra Heights Berowra Waters Berrilee Brooklyn Canoelands Carlingford Castle Hill Cheltenham Cherrybrook Cowan Dangar Island Dural Eastwood Epping Fiddletown Forest Glen Galston Glenhaven Glenorie Hornsby Hornsby Heights Laughtondale Maroota Middle Dural Milsons Passage Mount Colah Mount Ku-ring-gai Normanhurst North Epping Pennant Hills Round Corner Singletons Mill Thornleigh Wahroonga Waitara Westleigh West Pennant Hills Wisemans Ferry

List of Sydney suburbs

Hawkesbury River region, New South Wales, Australia

Islands	Dangar Lion Long Milson Peat Spectacle

National parks and nature reserves	Bouddi Brisbane Water Cattai Dharug Ku-ring-gai Chase Marramarra Muogamarra Popran

European explorers of the region	Arthur Phillip Watkin Tench

Bridges and ferries	Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge Mooney Mooney Bridge Peats Ferry Bridge Windsor Bridge Berowra Waters Hawkesbury River Ferries Lower Portland Sackville Webbs Creek Wisemans

Adjoining rivers, bays, reservoirs, and creeks	Colo Grose Macdonald Nepean Warragamba Wolgan Wollangambe Brisbane Water Broken Bay Pittwater Mangrove Creek Dam Warragamba Dam Badgerys Bells Berowra Blaxland Breakfast Coal and Candle Cowan Eastern Mangrove Mooney Mooney Reedy Ropes South Webbs Wollemi

Local government areas	Central Coast Hawkesbury Hornsby Penrith Northern Beaches The Hills

Events	Hawkesbury Canoe Classic

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