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Hornsby & District Chamber of Commerce & Industry is a Not for Profit incorporated association of businesses who constitute it’s membership. We provide facilities to inform, advocate and promote our members through publications, events and activities. All profits gained through all the facilities are utilised to provide benefits for our members and the community.
We are based in Hornsby, NSW, Australia and work throughout the Hornsby Shire.
Hornsby Shire is a vast Local Government Area in the Northern region of Sydney. It was originally occupied by the Dharug and Gu-ring-gai tribes of Indigenous Australians.
While the northern part of the Shire (via the Hawkesbury River) was visited by the first European settlers in late 1788, due to the Shire's rugged landscape permanent European settlement did not begin until almost half a century later.
Hornsby Shire got its name from the town of Hornsby at the eastern end of the Shire, is derived from Convict-turned-Constable Samuel Horne, who earned distinction by capturing bushrangers Dalton and MacNamara on June 22, 1830.
In return he was granted land in the locality known as "Hornsby Place". Hornsby Shire remained largely rural for many decades.
The construction of the Northern Railway Line in the 1880s opened up the Shire to the rest of Sydney and also to Newcastle, but it was not until motor vehicles became commonplace in the 1950s that the southern part of the Shire truly became part of Sydney's suburbia.
The Chamber is operated by member businesses. We "partner" with Hornsby Shire Council on projects as opportunity and resources allow.
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