Bonnyrigg is a

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, in the state of

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36 kilometres west of the

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, in the

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of the

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. It is part of the

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region.

History

Bonnyrigg takes its name from

Bonnyrigg Bonnyrigg ( sco, Bonnyrigg) is a town in Midlothian, Scotland, eight miles (13 kilometres) southeast of Edinburgh city centre. The town had a population of 14,663 in the 2001 census which rose to 15,677 in the 2011 census, both figures based ...

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. In 1803, Governor King Arthur Philip granted land for the building of an orphanage. A two-storey Georgian house was erected in Brown Road and became the Male Orphan Schoolchildren's Residence. It was extended around 1914 and is now listed on the Register of the National Estate.The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company, 1981, p.2/24

Heritage listings

Bonnyrigg has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Cartwright Street:

Bonnyrigg House Bonnyrigg House is a heritage-listed homestead complex at Cartwright Street, Bonnyrigg, City of Fairfield, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by possibly Francis Greenway and built from 1825 to 1826 by A. Kinghorne and Thomas Moore. I ...

* Lot 1 Cartwright Street:

Male Orphan School land The Male Orphan School land is a heritage-listed former vineyard and orchard and now vacant land at Lot 1 Cartwright Street, Bonnyrigg, City of Fairfield, New South Wales, Australia. It was built during 1803 by James Busby. It is also known as ...

Location

Bonnyrigg lies approximately 30 kilometres west of Sydney's

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as the crow flies and about 36 kilometres by road. Its closest major regional centre is

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. The suburb is shaped like a diamond. The suburbs of

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and

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lie to the east on the other side of ''Green Valley Creek''. St Johns Park, Greenfield Park and

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lie to the north. Bonnyrigg Heights, Hinchinbrook and Green Valley are to the west. Busby and Heckenberg lie to the south. Currently the town centre is undergoing a major regeneration through a new housing scheme - Newleaf Bonnyrigg. This will replace over 800 dwellings with 2,330 new homes that will see the town's population increase by over 3,000 people over 12 years to 2022. The project is being delivered through a Public Private Partnership with Housing New South Wales called Newleaf.

Commercial area

Bonnyrigg's commercial area consists of a main hub around Bonnyrigg Plaza, a shopping centre located on Bonnyrigg Avenue. Bonnyrigg Plaza has undergone major renovation allowing new stores and a fresh new food court to come in. This commercial area also has several community facilities such as a

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, an office of the Housing NSW department and a public library. A

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hardware store is located opposite to the plaza and the local primary school is adjacent to Bonnyrigg Plaza. Brown Road in Bonnyrigg is also a commercial area, albeit smaller. It contains several mixed business Asian stores, a Vietnamese and Chinese restaurant and take away, newsagency and Liberty petrol station.

Transport

The closest train station is

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, on the

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and

Bankstown Line The Bankstown Line (numbered T3, coloured orange) is a commuter rail line operated by Sydney Trains in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It serves Canterbury-Bankstown and parts of the Inner West and Western Sydney. The Bankstown railway li ...

. There are bus links to Cabramatta Station and other nearby stations. Bonnyrigg is served by several bus routes operated by

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. The

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transitway service, the T80, operates via Bonnyrigg, stopping near Bonnyrigg Plaza.

Demographics

According to the 2016 census of population, there were 8,670 residents in Bonnyrigg. 21.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 29.4%, Khmer 6.2%, Arabic 5.1%, Cantonese 4.7% and Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 4.3%. The most common ancestries in Bonnyrigg were Vietnamese 25.0%, Chinese 13.1%, Australian 7.1%, Khmer (Cambodian) 6.3% and English 6.0%. 41.1% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were Vietnam 19.9%, Cambodia 5.4%, Iraq 5.2%, Laos 2.6% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.8%. The most common responses for religion were

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30.6%, Catholic 24.2%, No Religion 13.5%, Not stated 8.1% and

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4.3%.

Education

*Bonnyrigg High School *Bonnyrigg Public School *Our Lady of Mt Carmel Parish School *Bonnyrigg Heights Public School

Sport

Soccer

Bonnyrigg is home to the

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soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

club Bonnyrigg White Eagles Football Club. Bonnyrigg is also home to the Nineveh Soccer Stadium, home of the

Fairfield Bulls Fairfield Bulls Football Club is an Australian amateur (formerly semi-professional until 2012) football club based in Fairfield, New South Wales. The club is currently playing in the Southern Districts Football Association. Fairfield Bulls have ...

football club.

References

Fairfield City Council
- The local council website profile for Bonnyrigg.

External links

New Leaf Bonnyrigg
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