Huntingwood is a predominantly

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in the

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, in

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, in the state of

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Name

The composite name was chosen because the first English-style hunting is said to have taken place here and the 'Woods Estate', owned by the Woods family for nearly a century, is located within the suburb.

Transport

The M4 and

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motorways run through the adjacent suburbs. Given this easy access to main Sydney's main arterial road network, companies such as

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and

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have transport and logistics complexes situated off

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the between the Wallgrove Road and Reservoir Road exists from the M4.

Manufacturing

In 2014, a decision by

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to relocate the bottling operations of Queensland's

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, to the western Sydney suburb of ''Huntingwood'' resulted in local job losses in the city that bears its name.

References

External links

The 2001 City of Blacktown Social Plan
{{Authority control Suburbs of Sydney City of Blacktown