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The Hills District (alternatively, the Hills Shire, the Hills, or Sydney Hills, previously Baulkham Hills Shire, the Garden Shire) is a general term for the north-western suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Its constituent suburbs are generally located within the local government area of The Hills Shire; some parts of the Hornsby Shire are also included in the area that is given the title the Hills District. Actual suburbs and localities that are considered to be in the Hills District can be somewhat amorphous and variable according to whom is doing the listing. For example, the Hills District Historical Society restricts its definition to the Hills Shire local government area, yet its study area extends from Parramatta to the Hawkesbury. At its most generous, the term Hills District is applied to the area generally west of Pennant Hills Road and north of Windsor Road, extending out as far as Boundary Road Vineyard (the western boundary of the Hills Shire). Generally, residents of West Pennant Hills think of themselves as being in the Hills District, however those in Pennant Hills, Thornleigh and Westleigh are more likely to think of themselves as being part of the North Shore or Northern Suburbs. The region is so named for its characteristically comparatively hilly topography as the Sydney Basin lifts up joining the Hornsby Plateau along Castle Hill Road from Thompson's Corner (West Pennant Hills) west to Rogan's Hill with the Hawkesbury Plain lifting up and joining the same Hornsby Plateau north along Old Northern Road through Round Corner up to Middle Dural. Several of its suburbs have the word 'Hills' in their names, such as Baulkham Hills, Beaumont Hills, Castle Hill, Pennant Hills, Rouse Hill, West Pennant Hills, and Winston Hills. ==History== Land grants in the district were made not long after settlement began along the Aboriginal walking trail leading from Parramatta up to the first European settlement the prison town at Castle Hill, however much of the district owes its development to the construction of the railway line between Strathfield and Hornsby, which was declared open on 17 September 1886, some 15 years before Federation, and almost a century after land grants were first made in the area.〔http://www.thehills.nsw.gov.au/History-of-the-Shire-Timeline.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hills District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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