Llandilo is a

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, in the state of New South Wales,

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54 kilometres north-west of the

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, in the

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of the City of Penrith. It is part of the

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region. Llandilo is a small semi-rural outcrop between two creeks. A southern part of Llandilo was incorporated into an expansion of the suburb of

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on 22 November 2019.

History

Llandilo is named after the

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town of Llandeilo.

Aboriginal culture

Prior to European settlement, what is now Llandilo was home to the Mulgoa people who spoke the Darug language. They lived a

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lifestyle governed by traditional laws, which had their origins in the Dreamtime. Their homes were bark huts called 'gunyahs'. They hunted kangaroos and emus for meat, and gathered

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s, berries and other native plants. Shortly after the arrival of the

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in Australia in 1788, an outbreak of smallpox decimated the local indigenous communities and made it easier for settlers to dispossess them of their land.

European settlement

The first land grant in the area was made to Samuel Terry in 1818. He named the area Terry Brook. By the 1860s it was known as Llandilo after a Welsh town. While the landholdings have reduced in size down to around one or , the area is still primarily rural as it has been for the past 200 years or so. Llandilo Post Office opened on 1 July 1890.

Schools

Llandilo public is the local school, established 1866. Xavier College, a Catholic school was completed in 2008.

References

External links

Penrith Local Suburb Profiles
Suburbs of Sydney City of Penrith {{Sydney-geo-stub