Parish of Rooty Hill

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Map of the Parish of Rooty Hill, 1822. Map of the Parish of Gidley, 1822 (3901869835).jpg
Map of the Parish of Rooty Hill, 1822.

The Parish of Rooty Hill, is a civil parish of Cumberland County in New South Wales, Australia.

The parish is centered on the suburbs of Doonside, Mount Druitt and Rooty Hill. The boundaries of the parish are Eastern and South Creeks, and Richmond railway line on the north.

The Great Western Highway and Western Railway Line transect the parish.

The parish is one of the oldest cadasteral divisions in Australia with the administrative arrangements that would eventually become the parish existing as early as 1810. The name derives from a specific hill still known as the Rooty Hill, that is near Doonside railway station known for an abundance of roots.

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References

  1. PL Bemi,Map of the Parish of Gidley, 1822 (Surveyor General's Dept of New South Wales (signed) Edward Knapp LS).
  2. William Henry Wells, A map of the County of Cumberland in the Colony of New South Wales (William Baker, 1840).