Warwick Farm is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of

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, Australia. Warwick Farm is located 30 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Liverpool and is part of the

South-western Sydney South Western Sydney is a region of the metropolitan area in southwest Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the predominantly working class area of Greater Western Sydney. The region lies in the Cumberland Plain. Local governm ...

region.

History

This area was occupied by

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political prisoners transported after the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Land grants of were made to transportees in 1809 and for some time it was known as Irish Town. John Hawley Stroud, the superintendent of Liverpool Orphans School, received a grant in 1804 on the present site of

Warwick Farm Racecourse Warwick Farm Racecourse is a racecourse at Warwick Farm, a south-west suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is used as a racecourse for Thoroughbred horse racing. The racecourse is owned and operated by the Australian Turf Club. ...

and named his property after

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Landmarks

sits on the western shore of the Georges River. A large replica of the

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sits outside the Peter Warren car dealership, on the Hume Highway. It was built and assembled during half-time at the 1987 Rugby League Grand Final at the Sydney Cricket Ground by

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apprentices before being purchased by Peter Warren.

Motorsport

Warwick Farm Raceway Warwick Farm Raceway was a motor racing facility which was in operation from 1960 to 1973. Warwick Farm Raceway hosted numerous major events during its life such as the Australian Grand Prix and rounds of both the Australian Touring Car Champi ...

was a motor racing facility which was in operation from 1960 to 1973. Located within the

site, it hosted numerous major events including the Australian Grand Prix. The first big meeting at the track, a round of the Tasman Series in January 1961, drew a crowd of 65,000 spectators. However, the circuit was expensive to run, as two "crossings" had to be placed over the horse racing track, and thus large crowds were needed to sustain racing. By the early 1970s the Australian Jockey Club (AJC) was receiving financial support from the TAB, and thus did not need the relatively low returns from motor racing, and didn't want to improve the circuit. When the Confederation of Australian Motorsport requested to have Armco fencing erected around the circuit, the AJC refused, and the circuit closed. The last major race was a round of the

1973 Australian Touring Car Championship The 1973 Australian Touring Car Championship was the 14th running of the Australian Touring Car Championship. It began at Symmons Plains on 5 March 1973 and ended at Warwick Farm after eight rounds. The series was won by Allan Moffat in a Ford ...

on 15 July, which was won by

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Transport

Warwick Farm railway station Warwick Farm railway station is located on the Main South line, serving the Sydney suburb of Warwick Farm. It is served by Sydney Trains T2 Inner West & Leppington, T3 Bankstown and T5 Cumberland line services. History The original Warwic ...

is on the Inner West & Leppington,

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and Cumberland lines of the

Sydney Trains Sydney Trains is the operator of the suburban passenger rail network serving the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The network is a hybrid urban-suburban rail system with a central underground core that covers over of track and 170 ...

network. A branch line ran to Warwick Farm Racecourse for race day trains until closed in August 1990.Warwick Farm Racecourse Branch
NSWrail.net The Hume Highway is the main arterial road through the suburb. The William Long Bridge crosses the Georges River to

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Population

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics , the suburb of Warwick Farm had a population of 5,884. 33.7% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were India 6.5%, Vietnam 4.8%, Iraq 4.3%, Philippines 2.5% and China 2.3%. 28.2% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 10.0%, Vietnamese 7.2%, Serbian 4.2%, Hindi 3.6% and Mandarin 2.4%. The most common response for religion was Catholic at 19.6%.

References

{{commons category Suburbs of Sydney City of Liverpool (New South Wales)