Scheyville, New South Wales
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Scheyville is a suburb of Sydney
, in the state of New South Wales
, Australia
. Scheyville is located 54 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district
in the local government area of the City of Hawkesbury
.
. The area is named after the former Member of the New South Wales Parliament William Schey
.
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, in the state of New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Scheyville is located 54 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 City of Hawkesbury
City of Hawkesbury
The City of Hawkesbury is a Local Government Area of New South Wales, Australia, part of which is at the fringe of the Sydney metropolitan area, about 50 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district...
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Parks
In 1997 large tracts of land in the area were dedicated as the Scheyville National ParkScheyville National Park
Scheyville is a national park in New South Wales , 41 km northwest of Sydney. Longneck Lagoon lies in the northern section of the park.-Outline:...
. The area is named after the former Member of the New South Wales Parliament William Schey
William Schey
William Francis Schey was an Australian politician.Schey was born in England and educated in London. After a short time in New Zealand, Schey arrived in Sydney as first mate of a ship in 1875...
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