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684: 43: 449: 331: 440:, Guildford has a variety of schools, parks and sports grounds, pools, a locally significant retail precinct and several neighbourhood shops, a train station with parking, several churches and Turkish mosques and is on bus routes to Bass Hill, Yagoona, Bankstown, Harris Park, Merrylands, Parramatta, Granville, Liverpool, Auburn and Fairfield. The suburb also has notable commercial and industrial areas. 789: 744: 525:
Named after John Thomas Campbell (1770 – 1830) this park is a part of his original Land Grant of 1823 of 1000ac. He was Secretary to Governor Macquarie from 1810–1820, Provost Marshal from 1812-1822. He was a Founder of the Bank of New South Wales (1816-1817) was first President of the Board of
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Bounded by Guildford Rd, Tamplin Rd, Fowler Rd and Dennistoun Rd. This park complex consists of the local Swimming Centre and sporting fields. Named after George McCredie and was part of his land grant. He was a prominent local business man, Member of Parliament and Mayor of Municipality of
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Guildford is one of a small number of Sydney suburbs which houses the most significant portion of the Arabic-speaking diaspora in Australia. The first arrivals were from Lebanon in the 1970s following its civil war and since then numbers have grown to make Guildford one of Australia's true
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Major industrial and commercial areas are located in Guildford Rd, Ferndell St - heading to Chester Hill, Cann St and surrounding streets west side near Guildford Railway Station which run into Yennora (which is 80% industrial). Some buildings in the main streets are in
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until his death in 1903. He was a prominent business man (whose brother Arthur was an architect of Sydney's Mark Foy's department store – now Downing Legal Centre), was a Member of Parliament and also Mayor of Municipality of Prospect and Sherwood from 1892–1895.
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Bounded by Railway Terrace, Bursill St and Marian St and Guildford Overbridge. This complex houses the local Bowling Club and Sports grounds and has a hall to rent. Local football, cricket and soccer teams use the main oval.
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Only main entry off Campbell Hill Rd. Local Pedestrian access is at end of Dudley Rd. Has an area of 19ha with BBQ with shelters, toilets, a mini wetland, half basketball court, and sculptures. The park has some bush areas.
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The Swim Centre consists of an indoor all year round heated pool, outdoor pools, a skateboard track and ample parking. The Sporting fields are run by the Guildford Leagues Club.
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Only entry off Rawson Rd. Bounded by Woodville Rd, Water Supply Pipeline and Barbers Rd. This 18 hole golf course was also part of John Thomas Campbells Land Grant of 1000ac.
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lived in small groups across the Cumberland Plain, including in the area which is now the Woodville Ward. The Bidjigal clan lived around the area which is now Guildford.
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which can be seen at Frank Street, skirts most of the southern boundary of Guildford, and stretches from the pipe head at Guildford West to Potts Hill Reservoir near
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Lieutenant Samuel North was granted 640 acres (2.6 km) in this area in 1817 and named his property Guildford, as he had ties with the
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The most common ancestries were Lebanese 24.2%, Australian 12.8%, English 9.2%, Chinese 6.6% and Afghan 3.7%.
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multicultural places, with many other resident nationalities and identities adding to the harmonious mix.
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Sydney's oldest and perhaps most visible above ground water supply pipeline, the heritage-listed
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A total of 25.5% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included
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style, as they were constructed in the 1930s. Guildford Rd is ornamented by
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The most common responses for religion in Guildford were
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The Changing Chicken: Chooks, Cooks and Culinary Culture
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Prospect and Sherwood 1892-1895 (now City of Holroyd).
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Sydney
New South Wales

2021 census
Postcode(s)
Sydney CBD
LGA(s)
Cumberland City Council
State electorate(s)
Auburn
Fairfield
Granville
Federal division(s)
Blaxland
McMahon
Parramatta
Suburbs
Woodpark
Merrylands West
Merrylands
Guildford West
South Granville
Yennora
Old Guildford
Chester Hill
suburb
Sydney
New South Wales
Australia
Sydney central business district

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