Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Mount Colah

Far northern residential suburb, bordered to the east by Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Its name of believed to come from an Aboriginal word meaning 'koala'.

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Mining and farming were early industries, but suburban development in Mount Colah came with the building of a Housing Commission estate in the 1960s.