Lakemba is the name of two places, and the Sydney one was directly named after the Fijian one.
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Lakemba, New South Wales
Lakemba () is a suburb south west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Lakemba is located 12 kilometres south west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown. It ...
is a suburb in the south-west of Sydney. It is named after Lakeba (pronounced Lakemba) which is an island in Fiji (see below).
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Lakemba Mosque
The Lakemba Mosque, also known as the Masjid Ali Bin Abi Talib and officially the Imam Ali bin Abi Taleb Mosque, is Australia's largest mosque. It is located at 71-75 Wangee Road, Lakemba. Owned and managed by the Lebanese Muslim Association ...
is in the suburb and is one of the largest mosques in Australia
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Lakemba railway station
Lakemba railway station is located on the Bankstown line, serving the Sydney suburb of Lakemba. It is served by Sydney Trains T3 Bankstown line services.
History
Lakemba station opened on 14 April 1909 when the Bankstown line was extended fr ...
serves the suburb
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Electoral district of Lakemba
Lakemba is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, located in the South-Western suburbs of Sydney. It has been held by the Labor Party since its creation in 1927. It was represented by Mor ...
is based around the suburb in Sydney
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Lakeba
Lakeba (pronounced ) is an island in Fiji’s Southern Lau Archipelago; the provincial capital of Lau is located here. The island is the tenth largest in Fiji, with a land area of nearly 60 square kilometers.Steadman (2006) It is fertile and wel ...
, originally spelt Lakemba, is an island in the Lau Group of Islands in the Eastern Division of Fiji.
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