Maroota, New South Wales

Maroota
New South Wales

Population

291 (2011 census)^[1]

Postcode(s)

2756

Location

49 km (30 mi) northwest of Sydney CBD

LGA(s)

The Hills Shire and Hornsby Shire

Suburbs around Maroota:
Leets Vale	Webbs Creek	Wisemans Ferry
Lower Portland	Maroota	Laughtondale
South Maroota	Glenorie	Canoelands

Maroota is a suburb to the north-west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Maroota is located 49 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government areas of The Hills Shire and Hornsby Shire.

Maroota is located at a high point, about 200 m above sea-level, on the ridge-following Great Northern Road (now renamed Old Northern Road). This was the main early road, constructed by convict gangs, from Sydney north to Singleton in the Hunter Valley.

Maroota is situated on, and owes its nature to, a residual mass of Tertiary river sand deposit (the Maroota Sand) which geologists think may be the oldest known remnant of the largest waterway in the Sydney region, the Nepean-Hawkesbury system.

History

The first attempt to settle Maroota, as a soldier-settlement, failed totally. Some of the soldiers leaving the Army during an across-the-Empire downsizing in the wake of the Napoleonic wars bought land (sight-unseen) at Maroota, hoping to begin new lives as farmers. However, all of them as soon as they visited their new purchases were shocked and disappointed with what they found. They protested to the government that such barren sandy soil could never support them and their families, asking for replacement land to be granted to them elsewhere. What these early men did not know was that at but a short depth below surface the Maroota Sand was rich in groundwater. Later on, the land proved quite good and profitable for a variety of farming and orchard growing applications, and for limited grazing, once its true values and potential were realised.

A Weaver's Post Office was open by 1 January 1927. In 1956 its name was changed to Maroota, and it was closed in 1969.^[2]

In recent years Maroota has undergone transformation, becoming a growing centre of sandmining. As Sydney's major sand and gravel quarrying centre, at Castlereagh just north of Penrith, nears the end of its life Maroota becomes increasingly important for supplying sand to many users in the metropolis.

One place study, commenced in 2005, which seeks to draw together the history of Maroota, especially the natural and Aboriginal history, is at http://maroota.sands.googlepages.com

References

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Maroota (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 1 June 2012.

External links

Joan Rowland (2008). "Maroota". Dictionary of Sydney. Retrieved 28 September 2015. [CC-By-SA]

Suburbs and localities within The Hills Shire, Hills District, Western Sydney, Sydney

Annangrove Baulkham Hills Beaumont Hills Bella Vista Box Hill Carlingford Castle Hill Cattai Crestwood Dural Glenhaven Glenorie Kellyville Kenthurst Maroota South Maroota Middle Dural Nelson North Rocks North Parramatta Northmead Oatlands Rogans Hill Round Corner Rouse Hill Sackville North West Pennant Hills

List of Sydney suburbs

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

Coordinates: 33°27′37″S 150°59′41″E / 33.46028°S 150.99472°E / -33.46028; 150.99472

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