<Tr> <Td> Schofields </Td> <Td> Rouse Hill </Td> <Td> Beaumont Hills </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Ponds </Td> <Td> Kellyville Ridge </Td> <Td> Kellyville </Td> </Tr> <P> Rouse Hill is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia . With a population of 7,482 Rouse Hill is located 42 kilometres north - west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Blacktown and The Hills Shire . Rouse Hill is part of Greater Western Sydney and is in the Hills District . </P> <P> Rouse Hill encompasses what was originally known as the Village of Aberdour along with the area originally known as Vinegar Hill following the convict rebellion of 1804 . Rouse Hill was serviced by the first ferry service in the colony, the Rose Hill Packet . Vinegar Hill Post Office opened on 1 October 1857 and was renamed Rouse Hill on 13 April 1858 . The new name was chosen after the estate of Richard Rouse (1774 - 1852), a prominent free settler who arrived in the colony in 1801 . His first grant here was in 1802 and his second grant was in 1816 . Governor Lachlan Macquarie suggested the estate be called Rouse Hill . </P>

Where did the name rouse hill come from