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ORIGIN OF NAME The suburb's name is believed to have come from English county of Berkshire . The land was given to Richard Rouse as a land grant in 1838 . Rouse may have chosen this name because he had been married in North Hinksey , which was then part of Berkshire. TRANSPORT At approximately 55 km from the centre of Sydney , it is in a somewhat isolated area. The closest CityRail train stations are Windsor and Riverstone . Trains from Riverstone to Central take approximately one hour. Train services from Riverstone generally run every 30 minutes during busy times and every hour at other times.
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