Glenhaven is a suburb

Suburb

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 of 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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. Glenhaven is located 32 kilometres north-west 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 The Hills Shire, part of the Hills District

Hills District (Sydney)

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 region.

History

The area was originally called Sandhurst, which remains Glenhaven's most prominent and highest street, Sandhurst Crescent. There was some confusion with mail because of a suburb in Melbourne with the same name. A public meeting was held in 1894 to have the name changed to reflect its valley location. The upper portion of the valley was known as "The Glen", and the lower portion as "The Haven", hence the choice Glenhaven.

Schools

Glenhaven has two schools, Glenhaven Public School located in Glenhaven Rd and founded in 1889, and Lorien Novalis School

Lorien Novalis School

The Lorien Novalis School for Rudolf Steiner Education is a Steiner School in Glenhaven, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1971, the school teaches from classes preschool to year 12.-History:...

for Rudolf Steiner Education.

Demographics

As of the ABS census in 2001, the population was 5,595 people: 2,742 males, 2,853 females. This comprises approximately 4.0% of the Shire's total population. The population of Glenhaven grew by 9.6% from 1996 to 2001.

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