Smeaton Grange is an
industrial suburb
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of
Sydney
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, in the state of
New South Wales
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,
Australia
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. It is located in the
Camden Council local government area
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. The suburb mainly consists of industrial buildings and warehouses.
History
The area now known as Smeaton Grange was originally home to the
Muringong, southernmost of the
Darug people
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. In 1805
John Macarthur established his property at
Camden where he raised
merino
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sheep.
During
World War II
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, there was a temporary army encampment at Smeaton Grange.
In July 2017, the global retailer
Amazon
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purchased a 2.11ha site in Smeaton Grange for $7 million which is used as a data centre for
Amazon Web Services
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.
Education
There is one local school,
Magdalene Catholic High School (MCHS), which was built in 2000 and is located on Smeaton Grange Road.
Governance
Smeaton Grange is part of the north ward of Camden Council represented by Lara Symkowiak (currently mayor), David Bligh and Peter Sidgreaves. The suburb is contained within the
federal electorate of
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, represented by
Russell Matheson
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(
Liberal
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), and the
state electorate of
Camden, currently held by
Chris Patterson (
Liberal
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).
References
External links
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Suburbs of Sydney
Camden Council (New South Wales)
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