Culture and Sport
The Northern Suburbs is a culturally diverse region. Surrounding the Eastwood–Carlingford area, a large number of wealthy Asian immigrants have settled, largely due to the high academic achievements of the local schools at the time.
Sport is represented in many areas in the region, Ryde–Eastwood Leagues Club is the local rugby league club in the area, with it covering the area of the famed Holy Cross College, Ryde. This league following can be attributed to the large Catholic population of the early developmental days of Rugby League in Australia, though the area now only retains two Junior rugby league clubs, both feeding to Holy Cross. There are also several Rugby League clubs surrounding the more working class Hornsby area such as the Asquith Magpies (with a large Leagues Club in Waitara), the Pennant Hills Stags and the Hornsby Lions.
Eastwood District Rugby Union Football Club represents the region in rugby union. It is considered one of the stronger clubs in the Shute Shield, consistently performing well. This club is considered a gateway club for rugby union into the Western Sydney area. Its consistent performance is due to the fact it has established a strong Juniors and Sub-District competition within the area, many children from the area are sent to the elite private schools of Sydney and hold rugby union as the preferred code. Local school St Josephs, Hunters Hill, is a traditional rugby school and the Kings School to the west help reinforce this strength.
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