Galston

About

TypeSuburbDetailsGalston was first known as Upper Dural, and it was renamed after a coal town near Kilmarnock in Ayrshire, Scotland. It is best known as a citrus area. When the Galston Gorge bridges and road were built in 1891-3, it was possible for orchardists to drive their horses and produce to Hornsby railhead and avoid the long round trip to Thornleigh siding. About two and a half miles from Hornsby the road goes down steeply around a series of hairpin bends to a stone bridge over the headwaters of Berowra Creek and ascends to Galston Village. The population of Galston in 1991 was 2911. It was first known as North Colah. The current name was suggested by Alexander Hutchinson who came from a village of that name in Scotland. The name was officially adopted in 1887.
CreatorPowell, John P. 1994, Placenames of the Greater Hawkesbury Region, Hawkesbury River Enterprises, Berowra, p.47.

Maps & Plans

Galston Township 1893

Orchard blocks at Galston

Place

Galston Creek

Galston Gorge

Street

Crosslands Road

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