settlement because of its agricultural potential and accessible location. In 1813 a report was given to Governor Macquarie from Earl Bathurst detailing a proposed invasion of the Hawkesbury River by France. This planned invasion that did not eventuate targeted the Windsor granary in order to cut off supply to Sydney, demonstrating the relative importance of this new settlement on a global scale. Windsor is north-west of Sydney, and easily accessible by coastal shipping from Sydney along the Hawkesbury River. It was known as the "bread basket", ensuring the survival of the starving colony. The extensive agriculture caused major silting in the Hawkesbury River; by the 1890s the Hawkesbury River had become so blocked with silt, ships could not travel up to Windsor from the coast. By then, a railway (in 1864) and road (in 1814) had been built to compensate. On 1 January 1803, Daniel Egan was born in Windsor. He went on to become Mayor of Sydney in 1853. Heritage listings Windsor has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: Blacktown-Richmond railway: Windsor railway station 32-34 Bridge Street: Windsor Police Station Stables Claremont Crescent: Claremont Cottage Court and Pitt Streets: Windsor Court House 29 Fitzgerald Street: Mackenzie House 41 George Street: Government Cottage Archaeological Site 126 George Street: Loder House 226 George Street: Simmons Hardware Store 350 George Street: Reverend Turner Cottage 361 George Street: McQuade Park 23-27 Johnston Street: Johnston Street terraces Macquarie Street: Windsor Uniting Church and Hall 49 Macquarie Street: Windsor Methodist Parsonage Moses Street: St Matthew's Anglican Church 25, 28, 29, 31–33, 35 North Street: North Street residences 37-39 North Street: Court House Hotel Palmer Street: Peninsula House and Tebbutt's Observatory Thompson Square: Macquarie Arms Hotel Thompson Square: Thompson Square Conservation Area 5 Thompson Square: 5 Thompson Square Media The studios of local community radio station, Hawkesbury Radio, are located in Windsor. Pitt Town, which is north west of Windsor, was a filming location for the Channel 7 television series A Country Practice. It was the set of the fictional town of Wandin Valley. The opening credits featured the former Court House Hotel, Windsor at 37-39 North Street as the doctor's clinic. Windsor High School at Mulgrave was also used as the fictional Burrigan High School in the series Transport Urban sprawl of metropolitan Sydney has almost reached Windsor. The town is now regarded as an outer suburb which has retained its appeal as a small