Duffys Forest is a suburb

Suburb

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 of northern Sydney

Sydney

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, in the state of New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

Australia

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. Duffys Forest is located 28 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district

Sydney central business district

The Sydney central business district is the main commercial centre of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It extends southwards for about 3 kilometres from Sydney Cove, the point of first European settlement. Its north–south axis runs from Circular Quay in the north to Central railway station in...

 in the local government area of Warringah Council

Warringah Council

Warringah is a local council area in the Northern Beaches region of Sydney, Australia. Warringah Council overlaps with a number of suburbs from the Manly Council area to the south and the Pittwater Council area to the north...

. Duffys Forest is considered to be part of the Northern Beaches region and the Forest District

Forest District (Sydney)

Forest District is a general term for an area in the northern suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Forest District is also referred to as The Forest...

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History

Duffys Forest is named after Patrick Duffy, who received a land grant here in 1857. He became a timber cutter who cleared a road through the bush to Cowan Creek, where he built a stone wharf for transporting timber. The wharf is still known as Duffys Wharf and the road is Duffys Track.

Landmarks

Waratah Park Earth Sanctuary is a popular tourist attraction in Duffys Forest, famous as the film set of the popular television series Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo is an Australian television series for children created by John McCallum, produced from 1966–1968, telling the adventures of a young boy and his intelligent pet kangaroo, in the Waratah National Park in Duffys Forest, near Sydney, New South Wales.Ninety-one 30-minute...

. Much of the set and props are still there, as are descendants of the kangaroos used in the series.

The 'Duffys Forest Ecological Community' is an endangered ecological community of the Sydney basin

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