Eastwood, New South Wales

Eastwood Sydney, New South Wales
Fountain in Rowe Street mall.
Eastwood outlined in a satellite image of Sydney
Eastwood
Coordinates	33°47′25″S 151°04′54″E / 33.790362°S 151.081731°E / -33.790362; 151.081731Coordinates: 33°47′25″S 151°04′54″E / 33.790362°S 151.081731°E / -33.790362; 151.081731
Population	16,193 (2011 census)
Postcode(s)	2122
Location	17 km (11 mi) NW of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)	City of Ryde City of Parramatta
Region	Northern Suburbs
State electorate(s)	Epping Ryde
Federal Division(s)	Bennelong
Suburbs around Eastwood: Carlingford Epping Marsfield Dundas Valley Eastwood Denistone East Ryde Ermington West Ryde Denistone West Denistone

Eastwood is a suburb of Sydney, Australia. Eastwood is located 17 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government areas of the City of Ryde and the City of Parramatta. Eastwood is in the Northern Suburbs region.

Originally thought to have been inhabited by the Wallumedegal Aboriginal tribe, who lived in the area between the Lane Cove and Parramatta Rivers, the area was first settled by Europeans shortly after the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788, from land grants to Royal Marines and NSW Corps, and was named "Eastwood" by an early Irish free settler, William Rutledge. Today it is a large suburban centre in the north of Sydney of over 14,000 people, with a large shopping area. Eastwood has a large population of Asian descent with immigrants from China transforming the commercial precinct in the past decade.

Eastwood is famous for the Granny Smith apple, accidentally first grown in the suburb by Maria Ann Smith. Every October, the oval and cordoned-off streets become the grounds for the annual Granny Smith Festival, a celebration of the icon with fairground rides, market stalls, street theatres, parades, an apple-baking competition and a fireworks spectacular at the Upper Eastwood Oval. In recent years the festival has been influenced by the substantial Asian immigrant communities, with Chinese dragon dancers in the Grand Parade and Chinese stallholders. During the same period, Eastwood's annual Chinese New Year Celebrations have broadened their appeal by incorporating concurrent Korean New Year traditions, and have accordingly been renamed the Lunar New Year Festivities.