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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Artarmon

Suburb

Suburb on lower north shore. It is divided between a leafy residential area on its eastern side and an increasingly high rise, commercial and industrial area to the west.

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Name
Commemorates
Artarmon House
Commemorates
Artarmon Estate
Property
Administered by
Willoughby City Council
Part of
Willoughby local government area
Type
Suburb

Artarmon

by
Rachel Fallowfield
,
2008

Cammeraygal country until the 1820s, Artarmon became an area of market gardens and orchards, gradually becoming more closely settled. By the end of the nineteenth century, brickmaking was established, and the railway line brought people and commercial development from 1890.

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