Ingleburn is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of

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, Australia 40 kilometres south-west of the

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, in the

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of City of Campbelltown. It is part of the Macarthur region. Ingleburn is located approximately halfway between the two commercial centres of

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and Campbelltown.

History

The land in the Ingleburn area was originally inhabited by the

Tharawal people The Dharawal people, also spelt Tharawal and other variants, are an Aboriginal Australian people, identified by the Dharawal language. Traditionally, they lived as hunter–fisher–gatherers in family groups or clans with ties of kinship, ...

prior to the arrival of settlers from the

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in 1788. The first land grants in the area were made in 1809 to William Neale, Joshua Alliot, all previously soldiers in the NSW Corps. As such, the area became known as "Soldier Flat". In 1869, a rail platform was built on the old Neale grant and given the name Macquarie Fields Station after a property to the north. However, in 1881 the Macquarie Fields estate subdivided to become the new village of

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. The fact that the station was a long way from the village caused confusion so a new name was sought for the station and Ingleburn was chosen in 1883. One theory has it was named after a local house formerly owned by Mary Ruse, daughter of pioneer James Ruse. Other records indicate it was named after a British town although the corresponding town hasn't been identified. Ingleburn is Scottish for "bend in the river", referring to the significant bend in the nearby

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. The village of Ingleburn was established in 1885 when the land owned by a developer called Fitz Stubbs was subdivided. A public school was opened in 1887. Ingleburn Post Office opened on 15 November 1886. By 1896, the town was large enough to have its own municipal council. Town improvements such as street lights and water did not arrive until after

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. In 1948 the Council was merged with the City of Campbelltown Council. In 1969, a large area west of the railway line was rezoned to become an industrial estate. Protests from local residents saw the plan halted temporarily but within ten years, the west side of the town had become largely industrial and remains so to this day. More housing subdivisions were made on the outskirts of town in the 1970s including Housing Commission developments.

Heritage listings

Ingleburn has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Campbelltown Road: Ingleburn Military Heritage Precinct and Mont St Quentin Oval * 196 Campbelltown Road: Robin Hood Farm

Commercial areas

Ingleburn's central business district is adjacent to the railway station and includes two shopping centres called Ingleburn Fair and Ingleburn Town Centre as well as a small shopping area on Lagonda Drive. In 2017 Ingleburn Mall was renovated and many new stores were added and relocated. Ingleburn is the home of television playout centre MediaHub, a facility established through a joint partnership with WIN Television and

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. Apart from the two networks, it also houses HD-ready playout for Prime7, Imparja Television, and Fox International channels.

Transport

Ingleburn is home to the heritage-listed

Ingleburn railway station Ingleburn railway station is located on the Main South line, serving the Sydney suburb of Ingleburn. It is served by Sydney Trains T8 Airport & South line services. History Ingleburn station opened on 19 August 1883. An additional track was ...

.Ingleburn Railway Station Group
Heritage NSW The station is serviced by the Airport & South Line on the

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network. Ingleburn is serviced by six Interline bus routes: 868 Ingleburn Station to Edmondson Park Station 869 Ingleburn Station to Liverpool Station 870 Campbelltown Hospital to Liverpool Station 871 Campbelltown Hospital to Liverpool Station 872 Campbelltown Hospital to Liverpool Station 873 Ingleburn Station to Minto Station For timetables, maps and more information please visit http://interlinebus.com.au

Street names

Ingleburn has many themes for the naming of streets. Chester Road, Cumberland Road, Cambridge Street, Oxford Road, Suffolk Street, Carlisle Street, Norfolk Street Raglan Avenue, Belford Street, Salford Street and Phoenix Avenue were some of the first streets in the town and are named after English localities. Birds are another theme with the main thoroughfares Warbler Avenue, Lorikeet Avenue, Currawong Street, Kingfisher Street, Oriole Place, Wagtail Crescent and Kookaburra Street, and smaller streets named after the magpie, jabiru, falcon, lark, ibis, dove, egret, kestrel, swift, heron, miner, jacana, honeyeater, lyrebird, whistler, fantail, swallow, sitella, brolga, swan, owl, quail, and triller. There is also a car theme with Lancia Drive, Lagonda Drive, Bugatti Drive, Mercedes Road, Maserati Drive and Peugeot Drive becoming main thoroughfares and Fiat, Ferrari, Cadillac, Ford, Alfa, Renault, Rambler, Vauxhall, Buick, Leyland, Delaunay, Daimler, Stutz, Morgan, Sunbeam Place, Pontiac Place, Chevrolet Place, Delage Place and Oldsmobile Place being named after cars too.

Schools

*Ingleburn Public School *

Ingleburn High School Ingleburn High School is a government-funded comprehensive co-educational secondary day school, located in Ingleburn, a south-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Overview The school follows the New South Wales Education ...

*Sackville Street Public School *Holy Family Primary School

Parks and recreation

Milton Park, shared by the boundaries of Ingleburn and Macquarie Fields is a popular venue for football and softball teams. It is also used as the presentation area for the annual Ingleburn Alive festival's evening fireworks. Other sporting parks include Wood Park, behind

where rugby league and cricket are played. Smaller recreational reserves and parks are located between Kingfisher Road and Currawong Street, on Matthew Square, on Currawong Street behind Holy Family Catholic School and another behind Sackville Street Public School. Memorial Oval can also be found on the western side of the railway line adjacent to the Ingleburn RSL Club. Ingleburn RSL is located on Chester Road. Annually at dawn on ANZAC Day, a service is held to remember those that lost their lives serving for Australia.

Population

At the

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, there were 15,264 residents in Ingleburn. 52.5% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were Bangladesh 5.4%, India 5.3% Philippines 4.2%, Nepal 4.1% and New Zealand 2.6%. 52.1% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Bengali 7.2%, Hindi 4.8%, Tagalog 2.5% and Arabic 2.0%. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 22.1%, No Religion 19.5%, Islam 11.7%, Anglican 10.2% and Hinduism 9.7%.

References

External links

Ingleburn Library

Ingleburn Chamber of Commerce & Industry

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