[3] James Shepherd bought the property in 1810 and added a six-room house to the original sandstone cottage.

The police station, a simple sandstone structure, was designed by Colonial Architect Mortimer Lewis and built in 1837.

Willandra is a two-storey Georgian home built by the Devlin family c. 1845, and more recently used as an art gallery and headquarters for the Ryde and District Historical Society.

[7] The cottage Riversdale, in Wade Street, was the home of a well-known riverboat captain by the name of Robert Gascoigne, who lived in the area c. 1900.

[8] In 1973 a Builders Labourers Federation organised a green ban to save Dunbar Park from becoming a rubbish tip.

The majority of services operated from Fort Macquarie and Circular Quay down George Street to Broadway and Parramatta Road.

It then wound its way along Blaxland Road, behind the site of the current council chambers, terminating near the intersection of Pope and Devlin Street in Ryde.

Top Ryde City is a major shopping centre located on the intersection of Devlin Street and Blaxland Road.

The German International School Sydney operated in Ryde from 1992 to 2008 and moved to Terrey Hills in August 2008.

Shrimptons Creek runs through the park in a north-easterly direction flowing into the Lane Cove River.

Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre was home to water polo events for the 2000 Summer Olympics.