Undercliffe Cricket Club
Undercliffe may be a reference to: ;Places * Australia ** Undercliffe, New South Wales, a neighbourhood of the Sydney suburb of Earlwood * England, United Kingdom ** Undercliffe, West Yorkshire, an area of Bradford, England {{geodis ...
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Undercliffe, New South Wales
Undercliffe is an eastern section of the suburb of Earlwood located in South Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Undercliffe is situated 10 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district within the local government area of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown. History 19th Century The area was initially recognized as Undercliffe Estate during the 1840s via land grant due to the presence of one or more permanent dwellings. The name is derived from the presence of a prominent outcrop of Sydney sandstone which forms the bedrock of the greater Sydney area. The quarrying of this sandstone between Wolli Creek and Cooks River provided the first local industry as well as material for the production of additional homes. A notable landowner during this era was East India Company Judge James Donnithorne (1773-1852). Donnithorne owned shares in the Undercliffe Estate, which upon his death, were passed to his daughter Eliza Emily (1826-1886), a recluse who ...
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