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The
name of William Gore, whose loyalty to controversial Governor
William Bligh cost him two years’ hard labour in Newcastle coal
mines after his arrest by the Rum Corps, is inextricably woven into
the fabric of Sydney’s Lower North Shore suburb of Artarmon. After
his reinstatement by Lachlan Macquarie in 1810, Gore took up a grant
of 58ha of farming land which he named Artarmon after his home in
Ireland.
The
present railway station sits in the centre of that original farm.
His name also lives on in Gore Hill and the attendant cemetery. The
first burials took place at Gore Hill in 1868 and many notables were
interred in the grounds, including Australia’s first test cricket
captain Dave Gregory, who lay in an unmarked, overgrown grave for
many years until a public rally raised funds for an appropriate
tombstone in the 1980s.
Artarmon is part of the Willoughby municipality whose business and
shopping heart is centred on Chatswood which is just a few
kilometres to the north. Chatswood is one of the great shopping and
restaurant centres in Sydney and offers just about every level of
shops from multi-floor department stores to specialty boutiques and
every type of food on the ethnic map.
For car rental Artarmon, why not try Bargain Wheels Car Rental.
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