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Australia’s oldest town square - Thompson Square, Windsor

The township of Windsor is recorded as one of our country's foremost heritage spaces with Thompson Square, located on a ridge between the Hawkesbury River and South Creek, contributing to the town’s unique character. The distinctive blending of both the open space with its historic surroundings have made it one of the Hawkesbury’s prized assets.  It is well-known that European settlement was established at the Hawkesbury by 1794 when Lt. Governor Francis Grose selected a group of settlers to take up 30 acre grants to farm along the confluence of the Hawkesbury River and South Creek. The experiment succeeded with more grants distributed and by 1795 over 500 people recorded in residence. The small settlement, which became known as The Green Hills, took on an air of permanence with the construction of the wharf and several public buildings. Constructed in an area above the river and forming a town square, they included a storehouse, granary for grain storage and barracks used to