Clyde is a suburb of

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, in the state of

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. Clyde is located 21 kilometres west of the

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in the

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of the

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. Clyde is part of the

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region.

History

Clyde is named for the

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and was thought to be a suitable name because a subdivision of land made in 1878 here was called New

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. Rosehill Junction was the name of the railway station that opened here in 1882, just west of the bridge over the Duck River. It was a junction for the Western railway line with the Carlingford railway line and Sandown railway line. The Commissioner of Railways Edward Miller Grant Eddy renamed the station Clyde Junction. The station reverted its name to Clyde in 1904.

Commercial area

Clyde is exclusively an industrial and commercial area, featuring factories, workshops and warehouses. Clyde has no permanent population.

Transport

Clyde railway station used to be a junction for the

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and Leppington & Inner West lines with the Carlingford line, of the

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network before the Carlingford line closed in January 2020.

Population

At the

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, there were nine people living in Clyde.

References

*''The Book of Sydney Suburbs'', Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia Suburbs of Sydney City of Parramatta {{Sydney-geo-stub

History

Commercial area

Transport

Population

See also

References