Lethbridge Park is a
suburb of
Greater Western Sydney, in the state of
New South Wales
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Australia. It is 47 kilometres west of the
Sydney central business district, in the
local government area of the
City of Blacktown and is part of the
Greater Western Sydney region.
History
Lethbridge Park takes its name from the Lethbridge family. Robert Copeland Lethbridge settled at
Werrington on a land grant made on 1 January 1806, while his sister Harriet settled on the
Dunheved estate. The district's two pioneering families were united by marriage. Harriet Lethbridge was married to Captain Phillip Parker King (1791-1856), son of Governor
Philip Gidley King
Captain Philip Gidley King (23 April 1758 – 3 September 1808) was a British politician who was the third Governor of New South Wales.
When the First Fleet arrived in January 1788, King was detailed to colonise Norfolk Island for defence ...
and Anna Josepha King. Robert Copeland Lethbridge married King's sister, Mary.
Penrith City History - Town Foundation: Early Town Plans and Subsequent Speculative Subdivision
Education
Lethbridge Park Primary School is a public school covering Kindergarten to Grade 6.
Notable residents
*Roy Courlander
Roy Nicolas Courlander, (6 December 1914 – 1 June 1979), nicknamed 'Reg', was a British-born New Zealand soldier who became an Unterscharführer in the German Waffen-SS British Free Corps during the Second World War.
Early life
Born out of w ...
, British Fascist and later member of the British Free Corps
The British Free Corps (german: Britisches Freikorps; BFC) was a unit of the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II, made up of British and Dominion prisoners of war who had been recruited by Germany. The unit was originally known as the ...
SS Unit
References
Suburbs of Sydney
City of Blacktown
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