Seven Hills, New South Wales

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Seven Hills postcode 2147 (Post Office boxes postcode 1730) is a suburb in the west of Sydney in the City of Blacktown, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

The suburb is known colloquially as "Sevo"

Originally the area of "the Seven Hills" encompassed a much larger area. As late as 1900, landowners as far afield as the modern suburbs of Bella Vista, Glenwood, and Parklea identified their properties as being located in Seven Hills. In the 20th century, the suburbs of Lalor Park and Kings Langley were excised from what was previously known as Seven Hills.

1 Geography and setting
2 History
- 2.1 The Railway
- 2.2 Commercial Development
3 Notable Residents
4 Education
5 Gallery
6 External links
7 References

[edit] Geography and setting

Approximately 30 km north-west of the Sydney central business district, the suburb is on the main City Rail Western railway line from Penrith to Sydney. Seven Hills railway station is approximately 32 km by rail from Central railway station and is approximately 21 metres (72 feet) above sea level.

The suburb incorporates the localities of Grantham (the Grantham Estate) and Grantham Heights.

[edit] History

Prior to European settlement in the 1790s, the area now known as Seven Hills was originally settled and occupied for hundreds, if not thousands, of years by indigenous peoples who most probably would have identified with the Warmuli and Toogagal clans of the Daruk tribe.^{[citation needed]}

The vicinity of Seven Hills was first visited by Europeans very early on in the settlement of the colony of New South Wales, possibly as early as April, 1788 by Arthur Phillip or more certainly by Watkin Tench in June 1789.

The first land grant by the colonial administration (in what was then known as the "District of Toongabbee") was to an ex Marine soldier, John Redmond in May 1793, whose grant of 60 acres was adjacent to a track which later became Station Road. At least 13 further grants were made in this area before 1800.

[edit] The Railway

The railway from Parramatta to Black Town Road station (ie. Blacktown) was completed as a single line in 1860. A stationmaster's residence and siding were constructed near a level crossing at what was to Toongabbie Road (later Seven Hills Road) in December 1863. A platform was built in 1869, and stops at the station were scheduled in the timetable from September of that year.

The road bridge on Seven Hills Road across the railway line was constructed in 1975, replacing the level crossing.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Commercial Development

The Seven Hills Regional Shopping Centre (now Centro Seven Hills) was built in 1960.

[edit] Notable Residents

Hamilton Hume - early explorer was born and lived on his father's property at Seven Hills until the family moved in 1812.
Maureen Caird - Athlete

[edit] Education

Seven Hills is the location of a number of educational institutions, including:

[edit] Early Childhood Education Long Day Care Centres, Pre-Schools and Kindergartens

Bear Park Children's Centre - private 0-6 long day care
Bob Sinclair Child Care Centre - local government operated 0-6 40 place long day care
Grantham Heights Uniting Church Child Care Centre - community based 0-6 long day care
Happy Hours Pre School Kindergarten - private long day care
Leabons Lane Child Care Centre - local government operated 0-6 40 place long day care

[edit] Primary Schools

Bert Oldfield Public School - K-6 government school
Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School - K-6 Roman Catholic systemic school
Seven Hills Public School - K-6 government school
Seven Hills North Public School K-6 government school
Seven Hills West Public School - K-6 government school
The Meadows Public School - K-6 government school

[edit] Secondary Schools

The Hills Sports High School - 7-12 government high school (formerly known as Grantham High School to 2001) - offers Talented Sports Program and is also location of a Saturday Community Languages School
Seven Hills High School - 7-10 government high school - feeder for the 11-12 Wyndham College

[edit] School for Special Purposes (SSP)

William Rose School - K-12 school catering for students who have a visual disability plus an additional disability, students who have a hearing disability plus an additional disability and students who are Deafblind.

[edit] Gallery

The NSW Fire Brigade Station built 1995 situated on the southern side of Leabons Lane near the junction with Seven Hills Road South.

Leabons Lane looking north-west towards Blacktown. Despite being narrow, Leabons Lane is a busy thoroughfare linking the residential areas of south Seven Hills with Blacktown. Note the plethora of signage, traffic calming devices and utility poles strung with overhead power and TV cabling typical of streetscapes in western Sydney.

Residential street shows transition from mid 20th century single storey mixed construction dwellings approx 100 m² floorspace on 1350 m² blocks to two storey brick veneer dwellings in the early 21st century with twice to three times the floorspace.

[edit] External links

Coordinates: -33.7777° 150.9416°

Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.

[edit] References

The 2001 City of Blacktown Social Plan
Jack Brook The Seven Hills - A village divided, a suburb united 2004 ISBN 0-646-42918-3
Time Line for Seven Hills and Lalor Park