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Merrylands
Merrylands is a suburb in Western Sydney, Australia. Merrylands is located 25 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is in the local government area of the Cumberland City Council. History Merrylands was named after the former English home of Arthur Todd Holroyd (1806–1887), who acquired land in this area in 1855 and who gave his name to the adjoining suburb of Holroyd. Commercial area Merrylands has a commercial area around Merrylands railway station in Merrylands Road, which mainly feature art deco style of buildings constructed in the 1930s and 1940s and is ornamented by a couple of London planetrees. Stockland Merrylands is a shopping centre with supermarkets, discount department stores and specialty shops. Transport The Merrylands railway station is serviced by the Inner West & Leppington and Cumberland lines of the Sydney Trains network. There is unlimited parking for commuters. It is on the bus route from Liverpool to Parramatta. Main transpor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merrylands Railway Station
Merrylands railway station is located on the Main South line, serving the Sydney suburb of Merrylands. It is served by Sydney Trains T2 Inner West & Leppington and T5 Cumberland line services. History Merrylands station opened on 6 July 1878. In 1969, the Merrylands Road level crossing to the south of the station was replaced by the Mombri Street overpass to the north. In 1972, the signal box at Merrylands closed with operations transferred to Granville signal box. On 2 November 1996, the Merrylands to Harris Park Y-Link opened allowing direct train operation between these two stations by what is now known as the Cumberland Line. The station was upgraded in 2006, with lifts added for easy access. Until at least the mid-1990s, sidings existed to the north-west of the station to serve a flour mill. Platforms & services Transport links Merrylands Bus Interchange Stand 1: Transit Systems Sydney *809: to Pemulwuy via Hilltop and South Wentworthville, then continues to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merrylands West, New South Wales
Merrylands West is a suburb in western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Geography Merrylands West is located 23 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the Cumberland City Council. The eastern part of Merrylands West is known locally as "Hilltop". Commercial area Merrylands West contains several schools – Merrylands High School, Cerdon College- an all-girls school, as well as Hilltop Road and Sherwood Grange Public Schools. There is a retirement communityCardinal Gilroy Village situated on 45 Barcom Street, behind the high schools. The suburb is commercially serviced by a small shopping centre comprising a supermarket and fast food outlets. Merrylands West also contains the Central Gardens – a small wildlife Wildlife refers to undomesticated animal species, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans. Wildlife was also synonymous to game: those bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cumberland Council, New South Wales
Cumberland Council, trading as Cumberland City Council, is a local government area located in the western suburbs of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Council was formed on 12 May 2016 from the merger of parts of the Cities of Auburn, Parramatta (Woodville Ward), and Holroyd. The Council comprises an area of and as at the had a population of . The first Special Meeting of Cumberland Council was held on 19 May 2016 at the Granville Town Hall, and the council currently meets at the Merrylands Administration Centre. The current mayor is Lisa Lake of the Australian Labor Party, elected on 12 January 2022. Suburbs and localities in the local government area Suburbs in the Cumberland City Council area are: History Holroyd Council The area formerly known as the City of Holroyd was first proclaimed in July 1872 as the "Municipal District of Prospect and Sherwood", which became the "Municipality of Prospect and Sherwood" from 1906 and on 11 January 1927 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holroyd, New South Wales
Holroyd is a small suburb in western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Holroyd is located west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the Cumberland Council. The previous local government area of Holroyd City took its name from Arthur Holroyd, first Mayor of the area, local landowner and businessman. The administrative centre is located in nearby Merrylands. Holroyd shares the postcode of 2142 with the separate nearby suburbs of Granville, South Granville, Camellia and Rosehill. History Arthur Todd Holroyd (1806-1887) acquired Sherwood Scrubs in 1855. Located in Merrylands, it was named after his former home in England. Holroyd became a Member of Parliament for Bathurst Plains then Parramatta Parramatta () is a suburb and major Central business district, commercial centre in Greater Western Sydney, located in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately west of the Sydney central business district on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cumberland Line
The Cumberland Line (numbered T5, coloured magenta) is a commuter rail line operated by Sydney Trains in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It connects Schofields and Leppington stations in the western suburbs. Limited services extend from Schofields to Richmond. The line opened in 1996, following the construction of a 'Y-link' track between Harris Park and Merrylands stations. The intention of this link was to allow direct services to operate from the south west suburbs to Parramatta and Blacktown without requiring a change of trains at Granville. The line takes its name from the Cumberland Plain on which much of Western Sydney was built. History Upon its opening in 1996, the line had a regular half-hourly service in each direction consisting of 38 journeys per day. Subsequent timetables saw its services significantly reduced to the point of running only during weekday peak hours, and from 2005 to 2013 the line only ran in one direction at a time: two services ran in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naval Base Sydney
Naval Base Sydney was a United States Navy base built during World War II at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The base was built with Australian civilian contractors. As the US Navy expanded in the Island hopping campaign, Naval Base Sydney expanded to include a Naval Base Hospital, repair base and other facilities. US Navy operations started in 1943 and ended after the war in 1945. History The base was built with Australian Allied Works Council civilian contractors and rent was paid for under the reverse Lend-Lease act. Work started in the summer of 1943. Rather than build a new ship docking facilities, the existing commercial port facilities were rented at Port Jackson in Sydney Harbour. Contractors built a ship repair base, supply depot, ammunition depot and camp for Troops. In Granville Park, in the neighborhood Merrylands in Sydney, the Navy built a Naval Base Hospital that at its peak could service 500 Troops. When needed the Navy rented a large drydock the Austral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westmead, New South Wales
Westmead is a suburb in Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Westmead is located 26 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Cumberland Council and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. Geography Westmead is bounded by the Parramatta River, Toongabbie Creek and Finlayson Creek in the north. On the east it is bounded by Parramatta Park, the Parramatta Golf Club, Amos Street and Good Street. The southern boundary is the Great Western Highway. The western boundary is Bridge Road, the railway line and Finlayson Creek. History With the British settlement of Parramatta, Westmead was originally part of the domain of Government House. What is left of this domain, including Government House, form Parramatta Park. The name Westmead came into use when the governor's domain was first subdivided in 1859. The subdivision of the domain was completed in 1889. The Northern Meadow and Western Meadow of the domain were split ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guildford West, New South Wales
Guildford West is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia that is located 26 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Cumberland City Council and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. Guildford West shares the postcode of 2161 with the separate suburbs of Guildford and Old Guildford. Commercial area Although small in size, Fairfield Road and Fowler Road act as the suburb's ' main streets' with a few restaurants, convenient stores, a post office, a 7-Eleven, a large bar called Crown On McCredie, and a Cheesecake Shop outlet. Fairfield town centre, which features a shopping mall, and the Guildford main street in Guildford Road are equidistant to the residential area of Guildford West, with some areas being more adjacent to the Fairfield town centre, which can be accessed from Fairfield Road, a street which features a few industrial facilities. Recreational areas The suburb features large sports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guildford, New South Wales
Guildford is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Guildford is located 20 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Cumberland City Council. Guildford is part of the Western Sydney region. Guildford is the home of the first KFC in Australia. History Guildford was named in 1837, in honour of the Earl of Guildford.''The Book of Sydney Suburbs'', Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia , page 117 Aboriginal culture Prior to colonisation, the Dharug people lived in small groups across the Cumberland Plain, including in the area which is now the Woodville Ward. The Bidjigal clan lived around the area which is now Guildford. European settlement Lieutenant Samuel North was granted in this area in 1817 and named his property Guildford, as he had ties with the Earl of Guildford. A small hamlet developed in the area around Woodville Road and by 1870 a school had o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of McMahon
The Division of McMahon is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. McMahon is located in Sydney's Outer Western Suburbs. McMahon lies south of the Great Western Highway, roughly between Woodville Road and South Creek. The current MP is Chris Bowen, a member of the Australian Labor Party. History The division was established in 2010 and is named in honour of former Australian Prime Minister Sir William McMahon. It replaced the abolished division of Prospect. The current Member for McMahon, since the 2010 federal election, is the former member for Prospect, Chris Bowen, former interim leader of the Australian Labor Party. In 2017, the division had the third-highest percentage of "No" responses in the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey, with 64.9% of the electorate's respondents to the survey responding "No". Boundaries Federal electoral division boundaries in Australia are determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appoint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Granville
Granville is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's West. It is currently represented by Julia Finn of the Labor Party. Granville includes the suburbs of Clyde, Granville, Holroyd, Mays Hill, Merrylands, Merrylands West, South Wentworthville and parts of Greystanes, Guildford, Parramatta, South Granville, Wentworthville and Westmead. History Granville was first established in 1894, partly replacing part of Central Cumberland. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Parramatta Parramatta () is a suburb and major Central business district, commercial centre in Greater Western Sydney, located in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately west of the Sydney central business district on the ban .... Granville was recreated in 1927. It has historically tended to be a seat. Members for Granville Election results References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inner West & Leppington Line
The Inner West & Leppington Line (numbered T2, coloured light blue) is a commuter rail service currently operated by Sydney Trains, serving the inner west and south-western regions of Sydney, Australia. Consisting of 37 stops, the service commences from the City Circle, then heads west to . The line branches at this point; services either head northwest to or south to . A third terminus at is used when the part-time Parramatta branch isn't operating. The line commenced operations on 26 November 2017, replacing the T2 Airport, Inner West & South Line. History Following the 2011 state election, the newly elected O'Farrell government embarked on reform of transport in New South Wales, and created a new organisation, Transport for NSW, in November of that year. This was followed up with another government reform, which saw Sydney Trains take over operation of the Sydney suburban rail network from CityRail in July 2013. Transport for NSW developed a new rail timetable and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
