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Australia. The next most common country of birth was China at 9.5% followed by Hong Kong with 3.6%, England with 3.0%, India with 2.3%, and Sri Lanka with 1.7%. The most common ancestries in Cheltenham were English 27.2%, Australian 25.5%, Chinese 24.4%, Scottish 12.3%
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runs along the southern border of the suburb. For many years, Sutherland Road ran through both
Beecroft and Cheltenham, and acted as a shortcut between Beecroft Road and Epping Road. This road ran to the east of the Railway line and, during peak hour, was quite busy. With the opening of the
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Cheltenham is a small residential affluent suburb with a distinctive
English atmosphere, characterised by a number of 19th century mansions on tree-lined streets. Cheltenham shares its postcode of 2119 with
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Beecroft and Cheltenham : The Shaping of a Sydney Community to 1914
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