Hornsby, New South Wales
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- Highest Maximum Temperature: 42 °C
- Lowest Maximum Temperature: 4.9 °C
- Warmest Month: January
- Coolest Month: July
- Highest Precipitation: February
- Lowest Precipitation: July
Notable residents
- Edgeworth DavidEdgeworth DavidSir Tannatt William Edgeworth David KBE, DSO, FRS, was a Welsh Australian geologist and Antarctic explorer. A household name in his lifetime, David's most significant achievements were discovering the major Hunter Valley coalfield in New South Wales and leading the first expedition to reach the...
, leader of the first expedition to reach the South Magnetic Pole lived in Hornsby. - Dan ParksDan ParksDaniel Arthur Parks is a Scottish international rugby union player who plays for RaboDirect Pro12 side Cardiff Blues as fly-half...
, rugby unionRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player. - Bill AlleyBill AlleyWilliam Edward Alley was a cricketer who played 400 first-class matches for New South Wales, Somerset and a Commonwealth XI....
, cricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. - Jim LeesJim LeesJames Travers "Jim" Lees QPM was the Commissioner of the New South Wales Police from 1979 to 1981.Jim Lees was born in 1919 at Hornsby and went on to attend the Hurlstone Agricultural High School...
, former NSW police commissionerNew South Wales PoliceThe New South Wales Police Force is the primary law enforcement agency in the State of New South Wales, Australia. It is an agency of the Government of New South Wales within the New South Wales Ministry for Police...
. - Fred StolleFred StolleFrederick "Fred" Sydney Stolle is an Australian tennis player. He was born in Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia. He is the father of former Australian Davis Cup player Sandon Stolle....
, tennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player - George CollingridgeGeorge CollingridgeGeorge Collingridge was an Australian writer and illustrator best known today for his early assertions of Portuguese discovery of Australia in the 16th century....
, writerWriterA writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
and illustratorIllustratorAn Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...
, also well known for research into the theory that the Portuguese discovered AustraliaTheory of Portuguese discovery of AustraliaAlthough most historians hold that the European discovery of Australia began in 1606 with the voyage of the Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon on board the Duyfken, a theory exists that a Portuguese expedition arrived in Australia between 1521 and 1524...
in the 1600s. A small reserve in Hornsby is named after him, and his former home is currently the chapel of Hornsby Hospital. - Liz BurchLiz BurchLiz Burch is an actress.-Biography:Her most high profile roles are in the television series The Flying Doctors as Dr. Chris Randall, and Liz Cameron in Cop Shop. Ms. Burch is also known for her role in the Disney TV series Five Mile Creek...
, actress. - J J HilderJ J HilderJ J Hilder , also known as Jesse Jewhurst Hilder, was an Australian Watercolourist from the Heidelberg School, a style of painting.-Early life:...
, watercolourist. - Peter FowlerPeter FowlerPeter Randall Fowler is an Australian golfer.Fowler was born in Hornsby, New South Wales. He turned professional in 1977 and won the Australian Open in 1983. He has spent a large part of his career playing on the European Tour, where he made the top one hundred on the Order of Merit every year...
, golfer. - Patrick Power, former Senior Counsel in New South Wales, Australia.
- Danny Williams, rugby leagueRugby leagueRugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
player. - Scott GourleyScott GourleyScott Robert Gourley is an Australian former rugby league and rugby union player - An inspirational player who had absolutely dominated, a terrible day for Australian sport when this sportsman retired - a dual code international...
, rugby leagueRugby leagueRugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
player. - Robert MadgwickRobert MadgwickSir Robert Bowden Madgwick, OBE , Australian teacher, soldier, academic and public servant, was the first vice-chancellor of the University of New England from 1954 until 1966, and chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Commission from 1967 until 1973.Born in North Sydney, New South Wales in 1905,...
, teacher, soldier, academic and public servant, was the first vice-chancellor of the University of New EnglandUniversity of New England (Australia)The University of New England is an Australian public university with approximately 18,000 higher education students. Its original and main campus is located in the city of Armidale in northern New South Wales....
from 1954 until 1966, and chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Commission from 1967 until 1973. - Julian O'NeillJulian O'NeillO'Neill then played at fullback in all three games of the 1994 State of Origin series under coach Wally Lewis. During the 1994 NSWRL season, O'Neill played at lock forward for defending premiers Brisbane when they hosted British champions Wigan for the 1994 World Club Challenge. In 1994 and 1995...
, former rugby leagueRugby leagueRugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
fullback. - Rich ThompsonRich Thompson (pitcher, born 1984)Richard Graeme Thompson is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim...
, professional American baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels. - Ted WhiteTed White (cricketer)Edward Clive Stewart White was a cricketer who played for New South Wales and toured England with the Australian team in 1938 without playing a Test match. Born and raised in Sydney, he played grade cricket with the North Sydney club and scored 52 on his first-class debut against Victoria in...
, cricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. - John DaviesJohn Davies (archivist)John Davies, A.M.N.P.P.N. was an archivist, writer, and received the prestigious Ahli Mangku Negara award. He served as Executive Officer from the 1960s to the late 1970s with the National Archives of Malaysia , Petaling Jaya...
, archivistArchivistAn archivist is a professional who assesses, collects, organizes, preserves, maintains control over, and provides access to information determined to have long-term value. The information maintained by an archivist can be any form of media...
, writerWriterA writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, and received the Ahli Mangku Negara award. - Ted BallTed BallEdward "Ted" Ball is an Australian professional golfer. He has had a huge amount of success playing in Australia, winning 11 times on the PGA Tour of Australasia, and winning over 50 tournaments in his career....
, professional golferProfessional golferIn golf the distinction between amateurs and professionals is rigorously maintained. An amateur who breaches the rules of amateur status may lose his or her amateur status. A golfer who has lost his or her amateur status may not play in amateur competitions until amateur status has been reinstated;...
. - Ian Keith HarrisIan Keith HarrisIan Keith Harris , is a composer of classical music, arranger, oboist and music educator from Australia.-Biography:Ian Keith Harris was born in Melbourne, living there for the first 26 years of his life. He started the piano at the age of five, was playing cornet in his school band, then violin for...
, ComposerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media... - Simon WhitlockSimon WhitlockSimon Whitlock is an Australian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments, although he did have a spell playing in the rival organisation, the British Darts Organisation. He uses the nickname The Wizard for his matches...
, Professional darts player competing on the PDCProfessional Darts CorporationThe Professional Darts Corporation is a professional darts organization, established in the United Kingdom during 1992, when a group of leading professional players split from the British Darts Organisation to form what was initially called the World Darts Council...
circuit.