Gladesville, New South Wales

Gladesville Sydney, New South Wales
Bedlam Point, Gladesville
Gladesville
Coordinates	33°50′00″S 151°07′00″E / 33.8333°S 151.1167°E / -33.8333; 151.1167Coordinates: 33°50′00″S 151°07′00″E / 33.8333°S 151.1167°E / -33.8333; 151.1167
Population	10,974 (2011 census)
Established	1830
Postcode(s)	2111
Location	10 km (6 mi) North-West of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)	Ryde City Council Municipality of Hunter's Hill
State electorate(s)	Lane Cove
Federal Division(s)	Bennelong, North Sydney
Suburbs around Gladesville: East Ryde Hunters Hill Hunters Hill Tennyson Point Gladesville Huntleys Point Putney Abbotsford Henley

Gladesville is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Gladesville is located 10 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government areas of the City of Ryde and the Municipality of Hunter's Hill.

Gladesville prides itself on its riverside views and bush settings along the Parramatta River. The Gladesville Bridge, a Sydney landmark that links the North Shore to the Inner West takes its name from the suburb.

The area was first called Doody’s Bay when European settlement began with a land grant being made to convict artist, John Doody in 1795. Others to receive grants in the district were William House (1795), Ann Benson (1796) and Charles Raven (1799). By 1836, John Glade, an emancipist, was issued with the deeds to Doody’s grant, which he had purchased in 1817. Glade expanded his property with the purchase of a number of adjoining holdings. After John Glade’s death in 1848, his land was sold to a Sydney solicitor, Mr W. Billyard, who subsequently subdivided and sold the land in November 1855, naming it Gladesville.

A major milestone in the development of the suburb was the establishment of the Tarban Creek Lunatic Asylum in 1838, on the banks of the Parramatta River.It was the first purpose-built mental asylum in New South Wales. Much of the architecture was designed by Colonial Architect Mortimer Lewis and built between 1836 and 1838. In 1869 it became the Gladesville Hospital for the Insane, and in 1915 the Gladesville Mental Hospital. In 1993, it was amalgamated with Macquarie Hospital to form the Gladesville Macquarie Hospital. In 1997, inpatient services were consolidated at Macquarie Hospital at North Ryde. The Gladesville complex includes many buildings which are now listed on the Register of the National Estate.