Baulkham Hills, Sydney

Baulkham Hills Sydney, New South Wales
The Bull And Bush Hotel
Baulkham Hills
Coordinates	33°45′34″S 150°59′25″E / 33.75944°S 150.99028°E / -33.75944; 150.99028Coordinates: 33°45′34″S 150°59′25″E / 33.75944°S 150.99028°E / -33.75944; 150.99028
Population	37,050 (2016 census)
Postcode(s)	2153
Location	31 km (19 mi) north-west of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)	The Hills City of Parramatta
State electorate(s)	Baulkham Hills
Federal Division(s)	Mitchell
Suburbs around Baulkham Hills: Bella Vista Kellyville Castle Hill Kings Langley Baulkham Hills West Pennant Hills Winston Hills Northmead North Rocks

Baulkham Hills is a suburb in the north-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 31 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district mostly within the local government area of The Hills Shire, with a small portion south of the M2 Motorway in the City of Parramatta.

The land that is now called Baulkham Hills was originally home to the Bidjigal people, who are believed to be a clan of the Darug people, who occupied all the land to the immediate west of Sydney. The best-known Aboriginal person from that time is Pemulwuy, a Bidjigal leader who led the Indigenous resistance movement against the British forces, including sacking farms in Castle Hill, before his eventual capture and execution by the British militia.

The Bidjigal people are today commemorated by Bidjigal Reserve which straddles the suburbs of Castle Hill, Baulkham Hills, North Rocks, and West Pennant Hills.

The first European settler in the Baulkham Hills Shire was William Joyce. In 1794 he was given a grant of 30 acres (121,000 m²) in what became Baulkham Hills. The name Baulkham Hills was given to the area by Andrew McDougall, a settler from Buckholm Hills, County of Roxburgh, Scotland. The name, which reminded McDougall of his homeland, was officially recognised in 1802. Baulkham Hills Post Office opened on 1 April 1856.