Originally inhabited by the Guringai Aboriginal people, Wahroonga takes its name from an Aboriginal word meaning 'our home'. With orchards and smaller pastoral pursuits popular when the area was first settled in the 1820s, the suburb would be primarily residential by the early 1900s.

External Links

Wahroonga, part of Ku-ring-gai Council

A Quick History of Ku-ring-gai and surrounds

Suburbs of Ku-ring-gai

Aboriginal Heritage in Ku-ring-gai

How to research your Ku-ring-gai house

Location:

SSC11999: Wahroonga

Longitude:

151.114054968

Latitude:

-33.7229814182