Middleton Grange is a

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, in the state of

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. Middleton Grange is located 40 kilometres west of the

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, in the

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of the City of Liverpool and is part of the

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region. Middleton Grange consists of approx 2550 lots with provision made by Council. Major land developers are now developing and selling housing blocks (around 700 lots), along with some smaller land individual holders/farmers. Middleton Grange has

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and high Council infrastructure contributions.

History

The suburb was officially created in 2005. Middleton Grange was considered by Liverpool City Council for rezoning to residential lots in the early 1990s. This progressed with lobbying by the land owners and other interested parties until Liverpool City Council started moving forward in 1999. LandPro Corporation, together with land owners continued to push the issue, attending numerous Council meetings until rezoning was achieved in 2005, with the Council acquiring land for drainage and other services, including sewer upgrading works (completed by

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). Manta Group Pty Ltd who own the Middleton Grange Town Centre, Managing Director Rene Licata has worked on the Middleton Grange Town project since 2003 with Stateland Developments. In 2005 Rene Licata, wanted a more meaningful suburb name as it was known as South Hoxton Park. Due to the area's proximity to

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Rene Licata looked for a new name amongst prominent Australian aviation heroes. Rene discovered the story of Rowden 'Ron' Middleton who was on the 29th mission in

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, Italy during

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when his plane was shot. With his crew injured he managed to fly the crippled plane back to

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but could not land so he forced his crew out in parachutes to save them and flew out to sea where his plane crashed and he died. He became the first

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to receive the

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for bravery during World War II. Rene also was able to name the streets names also to promote the areas heritage with Lockheed Ave, Cessna St and Qantas Boulevard just a few of the aptly-named streets. Rene Licata was able to return with new investors in 2014 to realise his dream and his vision for the new suburb. Liverpool City Council recommended the new revamped Master Plan for approval to the Gateway NSW Government on 15 December 2015 to have the site approved for park lands, 1000 apartments and 36,000sqm of mixed use, retail & commercial areas.

Demographics

In Middleton Grange, 55.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were

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9.7%,

Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...

3.1%,

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

2.6%,

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1.7% and

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1.3%. The most common ancestries in Middleton Grange were Australian 11.9%,

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8.2%,

Assyrian Assyrian may refer to: * Assyrian people, the indigenous ethnic group of Mesopotamia. * Assyria, a major Mesopotamian kingdom and empire. ** Early Assyrian Period ** Old Assyrian Period ** Middle Assyrian Empire ** Neo-Assyrian Empire * Assyrian ...

7.9%, English 7.7% and Indian 4.1%. The most common responses for religion were

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39.3%, No Religion 9.5%, Not stated 8.5%,

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7.1% and

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5.5%.

Education

The area is serviced by two schools – Middleton Grange Public School opened in 2009 and Thomas Hassall Anglican College opened in 2000 and caters for pre school through to year 12.

Places of worship and culture

The suburb is home to a prominent

church, ''St Zaia Cathedral'', which is part of the

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, an Eastern Christian denomination that follows the

East Syriac Rite The East Syriac Rite or East Syrian Rite, also called the Edessan Rite, Assyrian Rite, Persian Rite, Chaldean Rite, Nestorian Rite, Babylonian Rite or Syro-Oriental Rite, is an Eastern Christian liturgical rite that employs the Divine Liturgy ...

. It was established in 1996. The church's liturgical language is in

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic Suret ( syr, ܣܘܪܝܬ) ( �su:rɪtʰor �su:rɪθ, also known as Assyrian or Chaldean, refers to the varieties of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic (NENA) spoken by ethnic Assyrians, including those identifying as religious groups rather than eth ...

and

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. The ''Serbian Cultural Club'', a Serbian social club, is situated in this suburb.

References

{{Sydney Liverpool suburbs Suburbs of Sydney City of Liverpool (New South Wales)