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Enfield South, New South Wales
Enfield South is a former locality in the suburb of Croydon Park in the Inner West Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Enfield South is designated as a neighbourhood by the NSW Geographical Names Board. Commercial area The Enfield South neighbourhood is bounded by Mitchell Street to the north, Coronation Parade to the west, Georges River Road to the south, and Burwood Road to the east. The Enfield South post office is located on Tangarra Street. Tangarra Street also features an Italian restaurant, cafe, newsagent, and convenience store. On the corner of Tangarra Street and Coronation Parade is a chemist and other shops. A Burwood Council works depot and the Enfield Flower Power store are located in the Enfield South neighbourhood. References External links * Burwood Council Local History* Burwood Council The Municipality of Burwood (also known as Burwood Council) is a Local government in Australia, local government area in the Inner West (Sydney), inner-west of Sydney ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipality Of Burwood
The Municipality of Burwood (also known as Burwood Council) is a local government area in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The mayor of the Municipality is Cr. John Faker, a member of the Labor Party. The municipality is 7 km2, making it the second smallest Local Government Area in New South Wales, being larger than only Hunter's Hill. History The municipality was established on 27 March 1874. The council chambers are located on Conder Street and were designed and built by architect Jack Hennessy in 1877. Hennessy was later a mayor of Burwood. A 2015 review of local government boundaries by the NSW Government Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal recommended that the Municipality of Burwood merge with adjoining councils of: Canada Bay and Strathfield Councils to form a new council with an area of and support a population of approximately 163,000 at the time. In May 2016, Strathfield Council challenged the proposed merge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney CBD
The Sydney central business district (CBD) is the historical and main Central business district, commercial centre of Sydney. The CBD is Sydney's city centre, or Sydney City, and the two terms are used interchangeably. Colloquially, the CBD or city centre is often referred to simply as "Town" or "the City". The Sydney CBD is Australia's main financial and economic centre, as well as a leading hub of economic activity for the Asia Pacific region. 40.7% of businesses in the CBD fall within the ‘Finance and Financial Services’ or ‘Professional and Business services’ category. It is ranked overall #16 in the 2024 Oxford's Global Cities Index and amongst the top 10 cities in the Human Capital category. Approximately 15% of Sydney's total workforce is employed within the CBD. In 2012, the number of workers operating in the city was 226,972. Based on industry mix and relative occupational wage levels it is estimated that economic activity (GDP) generated in the city in 2023/24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burwood Council
The Municipality of Burwood (also known as Burwood Council) is a Local government in Australia, local government area in the Inner West (Sydney), inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The mayor of the Municipality is Councillor, Cr. John Faker, a member of the Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch), Labor Party. The municipality is 7 km2, making it the second smallest List of local government areas in New South Wales, Local Government Area in New South Wales, being larger than only Municipality of Hunter's Hill, Hunter's Hill. History The municipality was established on 27 March 1874. The council chambers are located on Conder Street and were designed and built by architect John Francis Hennessy, Jack Hennessy in 1877. Hennessy was later a mayor of Burwood. A Local government areas of New South Wales#Reviews of local government areas, 2015 review of local government boundaries by the Government of New South Wales, NSW Government Independ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller islands. It has a total area of , making it the list of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country in the world and the largest in Oceania. Australia is the world's flattest and driest inhabited continent. It is a megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and Climate of Australia, climates including deserts of Australia, deserts in the Outback, interior and forests of Australia, tropical rainforests along the Eastern states of Australia, coast. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south-east Asia 50,000 to 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last glacial period. By the time of British settlement, Aboriginal Australians spoke 250 distinct l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South Australia to the west. Its coast borders the Coral Sea, Coral and Tasman Seas to the east. The Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory are Enclave and exclave, enclaves within the state. New South Wales' state capital is Sydney, which is also Australia's most populous city. , the population of New South Wales was over 8.3 million, making it Australia's most populous state. Almost two-thirds of the state's population, 5.3 million, live in the Greater Sydney area. The Colony of New South Wales was founded as a British penal colony in 1788. It originally comprised more than half of the Australian mainland with its Western Australia border, western boundary set at 129th meridian east in 1825. The colony then also includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney
Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 km (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains (New South Wales), Blue Mountains in the west, and about 80 km (50 mi) from Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and the Hawkesbury River in the north and north-west, to the Royal National Park and Macarthur, New South Wales, Macarthur in the south and south-west. Greater Sydney consists of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are colloquially known as "Sydneysiders". The estimated population in June 2024 was 5,557,233, which is about 66% of the state's population. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. The city's nicknames include the Emerald City and the Harbour City. There is ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inner West
The Inner West of Sydney is an area directly west of the Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia. The suburbs that make up the Inner West are predominantly located along the southern shore of Port Jackson (Parramatta River), stretching south to the shores of the Cooks River. The western boundary of the Inner West is approximately the A3 arterial road (Homebush Bay Drive / Centenary Drive), which divides the Inner West from the Greater Western Sydney region. The Inner West is much larger than the Inner West Council local government area. The Inner West roughly corresponds with the Parish of Petersham and Parish of Concord, two cadastral divisions used for land titles. Suburbs The boundaries of the Inner West region are customary, not administrative or legal, and as such are defined differently in different contexts. The northern and southern boundaries are natural and thus generally well defined: they are the Parramatta River and the Cooks River res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suburb
A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated than the city and can have a higher or lower rate of detached single family homes than the city as well. Suburbs can have their own political or legal jurisdictions, especially in the United States, but this is not always the case, especially in the United Kingdom, where most suburbs are located within the administrative boundaries of cities. In most English-speaking world, English-speaking countries, suburban areas are defined in contrast to core city, central city or inner city areas, but in Australian English and South African English, ''suburb'' has become largely synonymous with what is called a "neighborhood" in the U.S. Due in part to historical trends such as white flight, some suburbs in the United States have a higher population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campsie, New South Wales
Campsie is a suburb in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Campsie is 11 kilometres south west of the Sydney central business district, on the southern bank of the Cooks River. Campsie is one of the administrative centres of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown. History Campsie was named after the Campsie parish in Stirlingshire, Scotland. Aboriginal cultures Indigenous Australians lived in this area for thousands of years. In 1770, the land along the Cooks River was explored by officers from HM Bark ''Endeavour''. European settlement In the early days of European settlement, the land in this area was mostly used for farming. The southern parts of Campsie were part of the Laycock estate that extended to most of Kingsgrove. The area between South Campsie and the Cooks River was known as the Redman estates. John Redman was granted in 1812 and he later purchased the area to the east, which was a land grant of to Thomas Capon in 1817. The railway was completed in 1895, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Strathfield
Strathfield is an New South Wales Legislative Assembly electoral districts, electoral district of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. Since a 2022 Strathfield state by-election, by-election in 2022, it has been represented by Jason Yat-Sen Li of the Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch), Labor Party . It was first created in 1988 and derives its name from the suburb of the same name. Strathfield is an urban electorate, covering 19 km² in area. Geography On its current boundaries, Strathfield takes in the suburbs of Belfield, New South Wales, Belfield, Burwood Heights, New South Wales, Burwood Heights, Burwood, New South Wales, Burwood, Croydon, New South Wales, Croydon, Croydon Park, New South Wales, Croydon Park, Enfield, New South Wales, Enfield, Flemington, New South Wales, Flemington, Homebush West, Strathfield, New South Wales, Strathfield, Strathfield South and parts of Ashbury, New S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croydon Park, New South Wales
Croydon Park is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Croydon Park is 10 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is divided between the Local government in Australia, local government areas of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, Municipality of Burwood and Inner West Council. Croydon, New South Wales, Croydon is a separate suburb, to the north. Croydon Park has a commercial shopping strip along Georges River Road and is in proximity to larger shopping and town centres of Burwood, New South Wales, Burwood, Ashfield, New South Wales, Ashfield and Campsie, New South Wales, Campsie. Croydon Park is relatively large compared to neighbouring suburbs. It is largely residential, but has a commercial strip along Georges River Road, a local arterial that runs through the centre of the suburb. History Croydon Park was originally part of the territory of the Darug people, Darug tribe which occupied much of Sydney. More s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belfield, New South Wales
Belfield is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 13 kilometres (8 miles) southwest of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown. History Land grants were made as early as 1810 for agricultural purposes, on the northern side of Punchbowl Road (towards Strathfield). The "Punch Bowl" was the name that early settlers gave the almost circular valley where the old road to Georges River crossed Cooks River at a ford. This is now where Georges River Road meets Punchbowl Road (the road to "The Punch Bowl") in Belfield. The name of the suburb is believed to have been created by combining the names of the two neighbouring suburbs, Belmore and Enfield. From information supplied by the Postmaster General's Department, the name "Belfield" first appeared on their records in 1930 when the Belfield branch of the ALP wrote asking that the Department establish a post office at North Belmore. Although s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
