Blacktown (other)
Blacktown is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Blacktown may also refer to: * City of Blacktown, Local Government Area * Electoral district of Blacktown, New South Wales state electoral district * Blacktown railway station, in Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia * ''Blacktown'' (film), a 2005 Australian film * ''Blacktown'' (Lapinot), a 1995 ''The Spiffy Adventures of McConey'' comics collection by Lewis Trondheim See also * * Black (other) * Black Township (other) * Blackton (other) * Black Town George Town is a neighbourhood in Chennai (formerly Madras), Tamil Nadu, India. It is near the Fort Saint George, Chennai. It is also known as Muthialpet and Parry's corner. It is an historical area of Chennai city from where its expansion bega ...

Blacktown
Blacktown is a suburb in the City of Blacktown, in Greater Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Blacktown is located west of the Sydney central business district. It is one of the most multicultural places within Greater Sydney. History Prior to the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788, the area of today's Blacktown was inhabited by different groups of the Darug people including the Warmuli, based around what is now Prospect, and their neighbours the Gomerigal from the South Creek area and the Wawarawarry from the Eastern Creek area. It is estimated that fifty to ninety percent of the Darug died of smallpox and other introduced diseases within a few years of the British arrival. Governor Arthur Phillip began granting land in the area to white settlers in 1791. In 1819 Governor Lachlan Macquarie granted land to two indigenous men, Colebee and Nurragingy as payment for their service to The Crown, for assisting Cox with the road over the Blue Mountain ...
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City Of Blacktown
Blacktown City Council is a local government area in Western Sydney, situated on the Cumberland Plain, approximately west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1906 as the Blacktown Shire and becoming the Municipality of Blacktown in 1961 before gaining city status in 1979, the City occupies an area of and has a population of 366,534, making it the second most populous local government area in Sydney. The Mayor of the Blacktown City Council is Cr. Tony Bleasdale, OAM, a member of the Australian Labor Party, who was elected on 9 October 2019 following the resignation of Stephen Bali, MP. Suburbs and localities of the City of Blacktown These are the suburbs and localities in the local government area: History The first road from Prospect to Richmond became known as the "Black Town Road" and in 1860 the Railway Department gave the name of "Black Town Road Station" to the railway station at the junction of ...
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Electoral District Of Blacktown
Blacktown is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. The current member is 's Stephen Bali, who replaced former Labor leader John Robertson at a by-election in October 2017. Blacktown is a 33.03 km² urban electorate in Sydney's outer west, taking in the suburbs of Blacktown, Doonside, Kings Park, Marayong, Woodcroft and parts of Bungarribee, Lalor Park, Quakers Hill and Seven Hills. History Blacktown is known as a largely working-class area, and as such, the electorate has tended to strongly support the Labor Party, which has held the seat for all but three years since its inception. It was briefly marginal during the late 1950s, when long-serving member John Freeman was forced into retirement after trying and failing to find a safer seat. Alfred Dennis won the seat in the 1959 election, but held it for only one term before Labor regained it. Since then, Labor's hold on the seat has only been seriously thre ...
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Blacktown Railway Station
Blacktown railway station is located on the Main Western line, serving the Sydney suburb of Blacktown. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 Western Line and T5 Cumberland Line services and NSW TrainLink Intercity Blue Mountains Line and regional '' Central West XPT'' services. History Blacktown station opened on 2 July 1860 as Blacktown Road with the construction of the Main Western line.Blacktown Station
NSWrail.net Captain Martindale, the colony's chief engineer, was not happy with work done by contractor John Gibbons and refused to issue a certificate for work done. Not happy with the decision Gibbons told his men to remove three portions of the track near . He was arrested an ...
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Blacktown (film)
''Blacktown'' is a 2005 Australian film produced, written, and directed by Kriv Stenders. It stars Nikki Owen, Tony Ryan, and Clayton Jacobson. The movie was named for the Sydney suburb of Blacktown where it was set and shot. The film, which Stenders financed himself for $50,000, won Most Popular Feature at the Sidebar Program at the 2006 Sydney Film Festival. Premise Nikki (Niki Owen) is a secretary A secretary, administrative professional, administrative assistant, executive assistant, administrative officer, administrative support specialist, clerk, military assistant, management assistant, office secretary, or personal assistant is a w ... who is struggling in a relationship with a married man. When she meets Tony (Tony Ryan), 'a black fella on a white bus', and despite their obvious differences, Nikki learns that there is room for romance in the desperate western suburbs struggle that is life in Blacktown. References External linksReview of filmat Cinephilia * ...
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Blacktown (Lapinot)
''Blacktown'' is a comic strip in the series '' The spiffy adventures of McConey'' ( in the original French language), by the popular French cartoonist Lewis Trondheim. It was released in 1995 as volume 1 in the series. Trondheim chose the western genre for this volume, a genre he claimed to hate, as an exercise: he wanted to find out if he could create an exciting adventure out of something he originally didn't care for. Plot This is the first volume in the series to be set in a stock historical setting: the Wild West The American frontier, also known as the Old West or the Wild West, encompasses the geography, history, folklore, and culture associated with the forward wave of American expansion in mainland North America that began with European colonial .... Although it uses the same main characters (Lapinot, Richard, Titi) and gives them the same type of personality, this story bears no relation to the continuing storyline of the volumes taking place in modern Paris. ...
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Black (other)
Black is a color corresponding to the absence of light. Black may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Black people, a racial categorization of humans mostly used for people of Sub-Saharan African descent and the indigenous peoples of Oceania. *Black (singer) (1962–2016), a stage name for Colin Vearncombe * Black (surname), a list of people and fictional characters * List of people known as the Black, various people, real or fictional Places Terrestrial *The Black Sea, a sea between Europe and Asia *Black, Alabama, a town, United States *Black, Illinois, an unincorporated community, United States * Black, Missouri, an unincorporated community, United States * Black, West Virginia, an unincorporated community, United States * Black Glacier, Victoria Land, Antarctica * Black Head (other) * Black Hill (other) * Black Island (other) * Black Lake (other) * Black Mountain (other) *Black Mountains (other) * Black Peak ( ...
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Black Township (other)
Black Township may refer to: *Black Township, Posey County, Indiana *Black Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania See also * Black Town in India * Blacktown (other) * Blackton (other) * Black (other) Black is a color corresponding to the absence of light. Black may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Black people, a racial categorization of humans mostly used for people of Sub-Saharan African descent and the indigenous peoples o ...

Blackton (other)
Blackton may refer to: * Blackton (surname), a surname * Blackton, Arkansas, a location in unincorporated Monroe County, Arkansas, United States * Blackton Reservoir, a reservoir in County Durham, England, United Kingdom See also * Black Township (other) * Blacktown (other) * Black (other) * Black Town George Town is a neighbourhood in Chennai (formerly Madras), Tamil Nadu, India. It is near the Fort Saint George, Chennai. It is also known as Muthialpet and Parry's corner. It is an historical area of Chennai city from where its expansion bega ...