StreetPurchase RoadSuburbCherrybrookDetailsJohn Purchase acquired 189 acres of land at the end of this road in 1854. This road at first was his driveway. He had migrated to Australia in 1838 at the age of 32 with his wife Betsy. They lived on this land with their thirteen sons operating a citrus orchard and selling timer cut from the property.
SourcePatrick, Trevor, G. 1994, Street names of Pennant Hills and Surrounding Suburbs of Beecroft, Cheltenham, Cherrybrook, Thornleigh, Westleigh, and West Pennant Hills, Silicon Quill, Hornsby, p.84.Map[1]
