词条 | Asquith, New South Wales |
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| name = Asquith | city = Sydney | state = nsw | image = Suburban Cottage (480853200).jpg | caption = | lga = Hornsby Shire | stategov = Hornsby | fedgov = Berowra Bradfield | postcode = 2077 | est = | pop = 3376 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}} | pop_footnotes = [1] | area = | near-nw = Hornsby Heights | near-n = Mount Colah | near-ne = Mount Colah | near-w = Hornsby | near-e = North Wahroonga | near-sw = Hornsby | near-s = Hornsby | near-se = Waitara | dist1 = 26 | dir1 = north-west | location1= Sydney CBD }} Asquith is a suburb of Sydney located on the Upper North Shore in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Asquith is located 26 km north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Hornsby Shire. The suburb contains a section of Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park on its eastern side. HistoryAsquith was named in 1915 after the then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, H. H. Asquith. Asquith railway station opened on 1 November 1915, in conjunction with land released by R. Halloran & Company. Asquith post office opened on 27 September 1920[2] and Asquith school opened during March 1930.[3]Wrigley's Chewing Gum factory opened its first Australian office in 1961 in Asquith, and continues to operate from the same site. DemographicsAccording to the 2016 census of Population, there were 3,376 residents in Asquith. 63.5% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were China 4.7%, England 4.2% and India 3.6%. 69.5% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin at 6.2%. The most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 29.7%, Catholic 21.4% and Anglican 17.0%.[1] EducationAsquith is home to Asquith Public School which opened in 1930 and is located in Dudley Street and St Patrick's Primary school opened in 1958 and is located in Royston Parade. Asquith also has two single-sex state high schools: Asquith Boys High School (established 1960) is located on the Pacific Highway and Asquith Girls High School (established 1959) is located in Stokes Avenue. TransportAsquith railway station is on the North Shore, Northern & Western Line of the Sydney Trains network. Hornsby Maintenance Depot, a large train depot, is within the suburb. Sport
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References1. ^1 {{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC10103|name=Asquith (State Suburb)|accessdate=17 February 2018|quick=on}} 2. ^{{Cite web | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=NSW&country= | accessdate = 1 June 2012 | postscript = | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080819030343/https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=NSW&country= | archive-date = 19 August 2008 | dead-url = yes | df = dmy-all }} 3. ^State Rail Authority of New South Wales Archives Section, How & Why of Station Names: meanings and origins..., Second Edition, 1982, State Rail Authority of New South Wales, External links
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