Moorebank is a

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, in the state of

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, Australia. Moorebank is located 27 kilometres south-west of the

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in the

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of the City of Liverpool. Moorebank features a mix of residential and industrial areas. Moorebank Shopping Village is a small

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History

The suburb takes its name from early settler

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. Moorebank was originally home to vineyards and other rural activities. Nuwarra Public School opened in 1973 and is located directly opposite Moorebank shopping centre, which also opened in the early 1970s. Moorebank is built atop a plateau and was cut off from surrounding areas in the floods of 1986.

Transport

The

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links Moorebank east to the

and west to Campbelltown. Moorebank is close to Liverpool railway station on the

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and

Cumberland Line The Cumberland Line (numbered T5, coloured magenta) is a commuter rail line operated by Sydney Trains in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It connects Schofields and Leppington stations in the western suburbs. Limited services extend from S ...

of the

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network. Moorebank is the site of the proposed

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Schools

* Nuwarra Public School Note:

Moorebank High School Moorebank High School (MHS) is a government-funded co-educational partially academically selective secondary day school, located in Chipping Norton, a suburb in the Liverpool district of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The school was loca ...

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and

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are now in the adjacent suburb of

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, due to a suburb border change.

Churches

Moorebank has several churches for the suburb * St Thomas (Anglican) * St Joseph (Catholic) * Freedom City Church

Sport and recreation

Moorebank is home to a number of local sporting teams, most of which use Hammondville Park as their home ground. Most prominent is the Moorebank Magpies

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team which plays in the second division of the

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competition. The Moorebank Rams

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team plays in the

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Junior Rugby League competition but have previously fielded teams in the

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, the most senior Sydney competition beneath the

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. Moorebank also fields a

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team in the Southern Districts Soccer Football Association, a

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team in the Fairfield-Liverpool Cricket Association, a

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team (the Royals) in the Bankstown District Baseball Association and also has

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and

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clubs. Moorebank/Liverpool District Hockey Club operates out of Ernie Smith Reserve with 3 international standard water based turfs and is one of the most successful clubs in Sydney. Moorebank is also home to a purpose-built remote control car race track. The John Grant International Raceway is located in Helles Reserve which is just off Helles Avenue, near the Moorebank Road and M5 intersection. The racetrack is run by the New South Wales Remote Control Race Car Club Incorporated, a not-for-profit club, and was host to the 2001 IFMAR World Championships for 8th scale racing which saw the world's best 8th scale racers attend this event. Also situated in Helles Reserve, on the

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, is the NSW Barefoot Waterski Club. The site is considered one of the best in the World with consistent pristine water conditions. NSWBWSC has hosted many World Championships, National Championships, State Titles and Club Tournaments. Growth and development of first time barefooters and nurturing of junior members is key to the club's goal and purpose. Moorebank has a small

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called Clinches Pond. It is surrounded by a park called Chinches Pond Reserve.

Population

Demographics

According to the 2016 census undertaken by the

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, Moorebank was home to 9,747 people. 63.8% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were Vietnam 2.9%, India 2.3%, Fiji 2.1%, Lebanon 1.8% and Philippines 1.8%. 56.9% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 6.6%, Greek 5.0%, Vietnamese 4.2%, Hindi 2.3% and Mandarin 2.1%. The most common responses for religion in Moorebank were Catholic 30.7%, No Religion 14.3%, Anglican 12.2%, Eastern Orthodox 9.2% and Islam 6.5%. The average age was 35 compared to 38 for the country as a whole and the median household income was $1,889 per week compared to a national figure of $1,438. Much of this, however, was gobbled up by housing loan repayments where the median figure for Moorebank ($2,419 per month) was well above the national figure of $1,755.

Notable residents

* Robert Kaleski (1877–1961), bushman and dog expert. * Harley Matthews (1889–1968), vigneron, soldier and author of four books about his experiences at

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. *

(1762–1840), explorer and first British settler of Moorebank. * Robert Braiden (1971), film writer and director.

References

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