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| | Thornleigh, New South Wales - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | Thornleigh is a suburb of Sydney, Australia, within the Hornsby Shire local government area, about 22 kilometres north-west of the central business district. |
 | | Thornleigh is named after Constable John Thorn, who, along with Constable Horne, captured bushrangers Dalton and MacNamara on June 22, 1830, and were granted land as a reward; Horne's land became Hornsby, and Thorn's land Thornleigh. |
 | | The rest of the suburb is partly residential, partly industrial; McDonald's has its Australian headquarters in Thornleigh. |
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