Location
Box Hill is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Box Hill is located 42 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of The Hills Shire and part of the Hills District region.
Box Hill is a rural area on the outskirts of Sydney. (wikipedia)
History
There have been two possibilities identified for the origin of the areas name. The first is that it takes its name from a stand of box trees that were once in the area. The second is that it was named after the hunting boxes built on the tops of the hills in the nineteenth century.
It was common during the 1800’s for people to come from the city to their country hunting boxes for a few days hunting. The position of the boxes on the hills made it easy for hunters to take aim at their targets. One building has survived: “The Hunting Lodge”, thought to have been built by S.H. Terry on Governor Bligh’s “Copenhagen Farm”. Box Hill has open rural landscapes popular with homeowners and specialist gardeners, such as those involved in hydroponics. (australianExplorer.com)
Places of Interest
