Description
Horningsea Park is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
Horningsea Park is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Horningsea Park is located 39 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Liverpool and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.
History
In 1819, Joshua John Moore a British grazier was granted 500 acres (2.0 km2) in what was then known as Cabramatta. He named his property "Horningsea" after his birthplace, the village of Horningsea in Cambridgeshire, England. In the 1830s, he built a grand house which still stands to this day in Horningsea Park Drive and is listed on the Register of the National Estate. The house was at some stage home to Count Strzelecki, the Polish-born explorer who named Mount Kosciuszko. It was purchased around 1855 by Vaiben Solomon (1802–1860), and he called Horningsea Park. Vaiben and his family lived there and ran the farm until 1872.
The suburb was part of neighbouring Hoxton Park and largely farmland until 1996 when Long Homes subdivided the area for housing and Liverpool Council named it after Moore's estate.Horningsea Park has been claimed to be the most haunted area of Liverpool, New South Wales because it has been built over graves. These graves have been moved since the construction on housing in the area.
Horningsea Park has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
Camden Valley Way: Horningsea Park
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Population: 1001-10000
Time zone: UTC +11:00
Area: 0.981 km2
Elevation: 11-50 metres
Town elevation: 45 m
Population number: 3,729
Local Government Area: Liverpool City Council