Len Waters Estate is a small

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, in the state of

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. Len Waters Estate is located 39 kilometres south-west of the

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, in the

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of the City of Liverpool.

Background

It was named in honour of

Len Waters Leonard Victor (Len) Waters (20 June 1924 – 24 August 1993) was the first Aboriginal Australian military aviator, and the only one to serve as a fighter pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during World War II.Ha ...

, the first

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military aviator. Along with Elizabeth Hills, Len Waters Estate used to be part of a greater

Cecil Hills Cecil Hills is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Cecil Hills is located 38 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Liverpool and is part of the Grea ...

until being developed by

Mirvac Mirvac is an Australian property group with operations across property investment, development, and retail services. This entity now broadens their clientele and shareholder return on investment by venturing across multiple development sectors, ...

. Len Waters Estate occupies land formerly part of

Hoxton Park Airport Hoxton Park Airport was a general aviation aerodrome in south-western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The aerodrome was non-towered, and so operated according to Common Traffic Advisory Frequency (CTAF) procedures. Traffic was light; at ...

. This small

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mostly consists of two distribution centres, a

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bus depot and a

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hardware store.

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Suburbs of Sydney City of Liverpool (New South Wales) {{Sydney-geo-stub

Background

See also

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