South Wentworthville is a predominantly residential
suburb
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in
Greater Western Sydney
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, in the state of
New South Wales,
Australia
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.
Geography
South Wentworthville is located 26 kilometres west of the
Sydney central business district
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, in the
local government area
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of the
Cumberland Council and is part of the
Greater Western Sydney
Greater Western Sydney (GWS) is a large region of the metropolitan area of Greater Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia that generally embraces the north-west, south-west, central-west, and far western sub-regions within Sydney's metropoli ...
region. South Wentworthville is an extension of
Wentworthville.
Transport infrastructure
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Liverpool–Parramatta T-way – a bus-route that passes through South Wentworthville
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M4 cycleway – a cyclist and pedestrian path that connects South Wentworthville to
Sydney Olympic Park
Sydney Olympic Park is a suburb of Greater Western Sydney, located 13 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Parramatta Council. It is commonly known as Olympic Park but officially na ...
Notable residents
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Rick Springfield was born in South Wentworthville.
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Channel Seven newsreader,
Chris Bath, grew up in the suburb and worked at nearby
Kmart Merrylands.
See also
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List of Sydney suburbs
References
Suburbs of Sydney
Cumberland Council, New South Wales
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