Joseph Foveaux (1767 – 20 March 1846) was a soldier and convict settlement administrator in colonial New South Wales , Australia. He was also a sheep grazier and breeder, being the largest landholder in New South Wales by 1800.
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62-498: A major-general. He pursued an uneventful military career after that, rising to the rank of lieutenant-general in 1830. In 1814 he married Ann Sherwin, his partner since 1793. Foveaux had an adopted daughter, born Ann Noble Rose in 1801. He died at New Road, London on 20 March 1846 and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery . Surry Hills near the centre of Sydney was once a farming area owned by Foveaux. His property
93-490: A new toll road, which would follow Church Street across the Parramatta River, then follow the line traced by Meehan to Kellyville. This is approximately the same route that today's Windsor Road follows. This route was preferred, as it avoided many of the hills near Old Windsor Road, and the new Parramatta Government Domain , upon which Parramatta Park is built. New Windsor Road was completed in 1812, featuring 70 bridges, and
124-580: A struggling colony in Sydney. In 1794, Hawkesbury Road, later Windsor Road, was built from the Toongabbie Government Farm to the Hawkesbury. In the same year, William Joyce, a pardoned convict, received the first land grant in the area, east of Hawkesbury Road, in what is now Baulkham Hills. He opened an inn on the same road. William Joyce Reserve is a reminder of his property. In 1799, Joseph Foveaux
155-568: Is now the Great Western Highway . It went through the Government Farm at Toongabbie . It was widened in 1797 to 20 feet (approximately 6 metres). In 1802, Howe's Bridge was constructed at the crossing of South Creek, Windsor. In 1805, James Meehan surveyed a new alignment of the road, from Parramatta to Kellyville. This was the basis of the new Windsor Road. Governrnor Lachlan Macquarie , as part of his Parramatta Town Plan, commissioned
186-664: The Hills ) is a region of Sydney , within the northern part of the Greater Western Sydney region of Sydney , in the state of New South Wales , Australia . There are no formal or legal definitions of this district but a loose definition would be that it stretches from the M2 Hills Motorway in the south to the Hawkesbury River in the north and Old Windsor Road in the west to Pennant Hills Road and Berowra Creek in
217-605: The Parramatta Light Rail project. The Hills district is served by a number of local printed newspapers: including: The Hills to Hawkesbury Community News, The Hills Independent, The Galston Glenorie & Hills Rural News and the Dooral Roundup. News Local newspapers have ceased printing and can only be accessed online. The only title left is the Hills Shire Times. The local community radio station for
248-611: The 60th regiment and then joined the New South Wales Corps in June 1789 as lieutenant, became a captain in April 1791 and reached Sydney in 1792. There he was promoted to major in June 1796 and, as senior officer between August 1796 and November 1799, he controlled the Corps at a time when some of the senior officers were making fortunes from trading and extending their lands. By 1800 he had become
279-601: The Hills and surrounding areas prior to European settlement. Rock dwellings found near the Darling Mills Creek are almost 12,000 years old. The Dharug would trade with adjacent clans like the Boorooberongal clan in the northwest. In 1789, a smallpox epidemic killed many of their numbers. Governor Arthur Phillip surveyed the district in April 1791. His party was in search of a new area for settlement and farming to support
310-612: The New South Wales Corps in the event known as the Rum Rebellion . Foveaux assumed control, stating that he was not favouring either Bligh or the rebels. His control was characterised by a desire for cheap and efficient administration, improvement of public works, and encouragement of small-holders. In January 1809, the acting Lieutenant-Governor, Colonel William Paterson , returned and Foveaux remained to assist him and his successor, Major-General Lachlan Macquarie . Macquarie
341-613: The Second Battle of Vinegar Hill, so as not to be confused with a rebellion of the same name in Ireland) is the historic first convict rebellion in Australia, and the only one suppressed under martial law. Vinegar Hill is located in Rouse Hill , and the rebellion occurred on 4 March 1804. Over 200 convicts escaped from a prison farm with the intent to "capture ships to sail to Ireland". Martial law
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#1732845530395372-649: The area, is one of the safest seats in metropolitan Australia for the conservative Liberal Party of Australia , and all of the Hills District seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly are held by the NSW Liberals . The Metro North West Line , opened in May 2019, has a frequency of every 4 minutes in the peak hour to Chatswood railway station , where passengers can change to other trains towards
403-615: The city. This became a direct service to the Sydney CBD in August 2024 as part Sydney Metro City & Southwest . An extensive number of bus routes operate in the district, operated by Busways and CDC NSW . The region is served by the North-West T-way, connecting the Hills District with Blacktown, Parramatta and Rouse Hill. The now closed Carlingford railway line , operated by Sydney Trains has been converted into light rail as part of
434-472: The district is Alive 90.5 which is based in Baulkham Hills and also broadcasts to Parramatta and Cumberland . Joseph Foveaux Foveaux was baptised on 6 April 1767 at Ampthill , Bedfordshire , England, the sixth child of Joseph Foveaux and his wife Elizabeth, née Wheeler. Family tradition maintains he was actually born almost a year earlier, on 10 April 1766. Foveaux was an ensign in
465-681: The east. The Hills District is a conservative and largely white collar region. The region is named for its characteristically comparatively hilly topography as the Cumberland Plain lifts up, joining the Hornsby Plateau ; and the Hawkesbury Plain lifting up and joining the same Hornsby Plateau. Several suburbs around this area have 'Hills' in their names, such as Baulkham Hills , Beaumont Hills , Castle Hill , Rouse Hill , Box Hill and Winston Hills . The Dharug People occupied
496-512: The largest in the state, is named after Matthew Pearce. Castle Hill Government Farm was established in 1801, and Castle Hill Heritage Park is built upon the land. It is third government farm in the country, built only twelve years after the historic grant of Experiment Farm to James Ruse . It was also a major site in the Battle of Vinegar Hill. Toongabbie Road, now Junction Road in Winston Hills,
527-441: The largest landholder and stock-owner in the colony. In 1800, having begun to establish a reputation as an able and efficient administrator, Foveaux offered to go to Norfolk Island as Lieutenant-Governor. Finding the island run down, he built it up with particular attention to public works, for which he earned the praise of Governor Philip Gidley King . The Australian Dictionary of Biography notes, "more questionable, however,
558-491: The most religious region of Sydney. In the 2016 Census the Hills Shire was reported to be the tenth most religious local government area in metropolitan Sydney with 21.2% people reporting no religion. The strong evangelical Christian tinge of the Hills District has made the region strongly conservative, a trend that runs right through local, state and Federal politics. The federal Division of Mitchell , which covers most of
589-599: The name indicates, the Hills District is an area of high elevation above sea level (compared with the rest of the Sydney basin ) and thus creates orographic rainfall brought in by onshore winds from the Pacific Ocean. This leaves the Hills District with slightly higher rainfall than the rest of Sydney and creates a rain shadow for some places in the Blacktown district , including Marayong and Doonside . This climate characteristic
620-443: The state by buses. The North-West Transit-way (NW T-way) runs along the entirety of Old Windsor Road, and along Windsor Road to Rouse Hill Town Centre . According to the 2016 Census, The Hills Shire is home to 157,243 permanent residents. Of these, 50.7% were female and 49.3% were male. The exact number of residents in the Hills District would be hard to calculate as the Hills District refers to areas/suburbs in multiple LGAs. As
651-553: The title Hills District . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hills_District&oldid=1061725420 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Hills District, New South Wales The Hills District (alternatively
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#1732845530395682-588: The world, I think, would soon have been rid of this man-killer, Foveaux, and with as short a warning as he gave to the two men he hung without trial." In September 1804 Foveaux left Norfolk Island for England to attend to his private affairs and seek relief for the asthma that affected him. Having recovered, he returned to New South Wales on the Sinclair to serve as Lieutenant-Governor, but on arrival in July 1808, he found Governor William Bligh under arrest by officers of
713-402: Was 32 feet wide (approximately 10 metres). In 1833, Windsor Road was declared a main road, maintained by public expenses. Old Windsor Road was also proclaimed a parish road. In 1835, Windsor Toll House was built, near South Creek. Bitumen for motor vehicles was laid in 1925. The upgrading for motor vehicles continued throughout the 1930s. The roads are now amongst the most well-serviced roads in
744-571: Was built in the same year as the farm from Toongabbie to the junction in Baulkham Hills. Castle Hill Road was built from the junction to the farm in Castle Hill , and survives today as part of Old Northern Road and Old Castle Hill Road. The farm was turned into Australia's first lunatic asylum in 1811, until it was closed in 1826, when it was relocated to Liverpool . The Battle of Vinegar Hill, or Castle Hill Convict Rebellion (sometimes referred to as
775-730: Was granted 300 acres of land in what is now the Bella Vista area of Baulkham Hills. He sold this land to John Macarthur , and his wife, Elizabeth , the two of whom pioneered in wool manufacturing, and are attributed to starting Australia's wool industry. Part of this land was later acquired by Matthew Pearce. His farm was called 'Bella Vista Farm'. Foveaux Terrace, Elizabeth Macarthur Drive, and Macarthur Ridge Way, streets in Bella Vista; and Elizabeth Macarthur Creek starting in Kellyville are named after these early settlers. Matthew Pearce Public School,
806-507: Was impressed with Foveaux's administration and put him forward as David Collins's successor as Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), because he could think of no one more fitting, and considered that he could not have acted otherwise with regard to Bligh. However, when Foveaux returned to England in 1810, Macquarie's recommendation was put aside. In 1811 Foveaux was promoted to inspecting field officer in Ireland and in 1814 became
837-543: Was instated, and the rebels were hunted down until a truce was declared. Windsor and Old Windsor Roads are historic roads in Australia, as they are the second and third roads laid in the colony. They connect Parramatta with Windsor , but are majorly used as arterial roads for residents, especially in the Hills District. There are residential streets in Wentworthville and Westmead over the original alignment of Windsor Road. The original road started at Prospect Road, which
868-633: Was known as Surrey Hills Farm, named after the Surrey Hills in Surrey , England. The main east–west street through the suburb is Foveaux Street from Bourke Street to Elizabeth Street , which gave its name to Kylie Tennant 's 1939 novel Foveaux about inner city slum life. Foveaux Strait in New Zealand is named in his honour, as are streets in the Sydney suburbs of Airds , Barden Ridge , Bella Vista , Cromer , Harrington Park , Lurnea and Surry Hills ,
899-473: Was previously known to have the highest rate of religious service attendance in Australia and was referred to as "Sydney's Bible Belt". The Hills District repeatedly showed higher than average religious affiliation in the Australian Census , and still retains a large Christian population that represents 64.8% of religious people in the area. Despite a high Christian population, the area no longer represents
930-462: Was the severity with which he crushed convict disturbances in 1801, and the dubious morality of allowing the sale of female convicts to settlers." Joseph Holt , a general during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 , was imprisoned at Norfolk Island from 1804 to 1805. Holt wrote about the overjoyed inhabitants of the island upon Foveaux's departure, and said, "If I could have bought or borrowed a pistol,
961-456: Was well suited to orchard production of stone fruit and citrus which proved luxuriant on the deep rich soils. Most of the suburbs in the Hills District borderline the oceanic climate ( Cfb ) zone under the Köppen climate classification , as their warmest month mean may barely reach 22 °C (71.6 °F) in some years. Though they are still safely in the humid subtropical climate ( Cfa ) zone. The area