Mount Kuring-gai

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}  {{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb | name = Mount Kuring-gai | city = Sydney | state = nsw | image = Calna Creek.jpg | caption = Cascades along Calna Creek | alternative_location_map = Australia NSW metro Sydney | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Metropolitan Sydney | coordinates = {{Coord|-33.64543|151.13115|format=dms|display=title|type:city_region:AU-NSW}} | local_map = yes | zoom = 12 | lga = Hornsby Shire | postcode = 2080 | est = | pop = 1,766 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name=census>{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL12783|name=Mount Kuring-gai|accessdate=5 February 2024|quick=on}}</ref> | elevation = 210 | area = | stategov = Hornsby | fedgov = Berowra | near-nw = Berrilee | near-n = Berowra Heights | near-ne = Berowra | near-w = Hornsby Heights | near-e = ''Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park'' | near-sw = Hornsby Heights | near-s = Mount Colah | near-se = North Turramurra | dist1 = 31 | location1 = Sydney CBD }}

'''Mount Kuring-gai''' is an outer suburb of Northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Mount Kuring-gai is located 31 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Hornsby Shire. It is mostly known for American-Australian actor Mel Gibson living there in his youth.{{CN|date=March 2025}}

== History ==

The name "Kuring-gai" derives from the Guringai Aboriginal people who were thought to be the traditional owners of the area. More contemporary research suggests that this was not the case.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Attenbrow|first=Val|title=Sydney's Aboriginal past: investigating the archaeological and historical records|publisher=UNSW Press|year=2002|isbn=9781742231167|location=Sydney|pages=22–35}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Aboriginal Heritage Office|url=https://www.aboriginalheritage.org/news/2015/filling-a-void/|title=Filling A Void: A review of the historical context for the use of the word 'Guringai'|year=2015|location=Sydney}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=John|first=Morecombe|date=20 February 2015|title=Misunderstanding: The historical fiction of the word Guringai that has filled a void in our knowledge of the original inhabitants|work=Manly Daily|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/northern-beaches/misunderstanding-the-historical-fiction-of-the-word-guringai-that-has-filled-a-void-in-our-knowledge-of-the-original-inhabitants/news-story/b1aec152c74220c535883621081a2fd2|access-date=23 September 2021}}</ref>

The railway station opened on 5 October 1901 and was named Kuring-gai. The current station was constructed in 1909. The ''Mount'' was added to the name on 1 August 1904.

''Kuring-gai'' Post Office opened on 27 January 1908 and was similarly renamed ''Mount Kuring-gai'' in 1933.<ref name = "Post Office">{{Cite web | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Phoenix Auctions | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=NSW&filter=*Mount*Kuring-gai*| access-date = 21 January 2021}}</ref>

== Population == In the 2021 Census, there were 1,766 people in Mount Kuring-Gai. 70.9% of people were born in Australia and 80.6% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 36.9%, Catholic 18.0%, Anglican 14.2% and Hinduism 4.7%.<ref name=census/>

== Commercial areas and transport == The suburb is divided in two by the Pacific Highway, Main Northern railway line and the Pacific Motorway. The suburb is served by the Mount Kuring-gai railway station.

The eastern side is home to a primary school, community hall and sports oval. The western side has a shopping centre, Mount Kuring-gai railway station and a Telstra telephone exchange. The east and west sides are connected by a road bridge and a pedestrian bridge.

In 2010, the existing shopping centre was demolished and an Aldi store was built in its place, along with a variety of other stores.

Mount Kuring-gai also has an industrial area which is home to many diverse businesses such as a hot air balloon manufacturer, electronics companies, a school paint manufacturer, a book publisher and one bus depot of CDC NSW.

==Geography== Mount Kuring-gai is located approximately 7 km north of Hornsby. Its neighbouring suburbs are Berowra to the north, and Mount Colah to the south. Surrounded by bushland, it is bordered by Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park on the eastern side and by Berowra Valley Regional Park on the western side. There are several bushwalks starting in the suburb including the Great North Walk and a path to Apple Tree Bay. Mount Kuring-gai varies in altitude from about 57 m to 214–221 m above sea level.<ref>[http://maps.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=285466&x=151.119995117188&y=-33.6433334350586&hp=1&d=faq&cmd=sp&c=1&w=3807&mpsec=0 Mount Kuring-gai // bonzle]</ref><ref>[http://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/mount_kuring-gai Mount Kuring-gai // dictionary of Sydney]</ref>

== See also == * Dangar Island * Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge * Hawkesbury River * Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park thumb|right|"Shania" (N720HT) dumping water at Mount Kuring-gai in April 2007 thumb|right|Rock shelter in Lyrebird Gully, where lyrebirds are occasionally seen

==Notes== {{Reflist}}

== References == * ''The Book of Sydney Suburbs'', Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia {{ISBN|0-207-14495-8}}

==External links== * {{cite web | url = http://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/mount_kuring-gai | title = Mount Kuring-gai | accessdate = 28 September 2015 | author = Joan Rowland | date = 2011 | work=Dictionary of Sydney}} <nowiki>[</nowiki>CC-By-SA<nowiki>]</nowiki>

Category:Suburbs of Sydney Category:Hornsby Shire