Auburn is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales Australia. Auburn is located 19 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the local government area of Auburn Council. The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of 4,119,190, and 151,920 in the City of Sydney, as of the 2006 census. ... Capital Sydney Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Professor Marie Bashir Premier Morris Iemma (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 50  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $305,437 (1st)  - Product per capita  $45,153/person (4th) Population (End of March 2006)  - Population  6,817,100 (1st)  - Density  8. ... Australian postcodes have four digits; envelopes for posting from Australia reflect this. ... km redirects here. ... The Sydney central business district (CBD) is, commercially, the most important in Australia. ... Map of Local Government Areas in New South Wales Types of LGAs in New South Wales The Local Government Areas of New South Wales, Australia have been subject to periodic bouts of restructuring and rationalisation by the State Government, involving voluntary and involuntary amalgamation of areas. ... Auburn Council is a Local Government Area in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, about 15 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district. ... State Electoral District is a term used to refer to a voting area within Australian states. ... Auburn is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. ... The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ... The Division of Reid is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. ... This is a complete listing of the suburbs and localities in the greater Sydney area in alphabetical order. ... Granville is a suburb of Sydney, Australia, within the City of Parramatta Local Government Area. ... Rosehill is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Silverwater Bridge Silverwater is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... South Granville is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Lidcombe is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Sefton is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales. ... Regents Park is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Berala is a suburb in south-western parts of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Greater Western Sydney is a very general term which is used to describe the region west of the metropolitan area of Sydney, Australia. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of 4,119,190, and 151,920 in the City of Sydney, as of the 2006 census. ... Capital Sydney Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Professor Marie Bashir Premier Morris Iemma (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 50  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $305,437 (1st)  - Product per capita  $45,153/person (4th) Population (End of March 2006)  - Population  6,817,100 (1st)  - Density  8. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer) (symbol: km) is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words khilia = thousand and metro = count/measure). ... A view of the Sydney CBD from the Harbour Bridge, the Circular Quay is in the foreground Map of the CBD The Sydney central business district (CBD) extends southwards for about 2 km from Sydney Cove, the point of first European settlement. ... Local Government Area (abbreviated LGA) is a term used in Australia (and especially by the Australian Bureau of Statistics) to refer to areas controlled by each individual Local Government. ... Auburn Council is a Local Government Area in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, about 15 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district. ...

History

The suburb was named after Oliver Goldsmith's poem The Desserted Village, which describes 'Auburn' in England as the loveliest village of the plain. Oliver Goldsmith Oliver Goldsmith (November 10, 1730 or 1728 – April 4, 1774) was an Irish writer and physician known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), his pastoral poem The Deserted Village (1770) (written in memory of his brother), and his plays The Good-naturd Man (1768) and... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto)1 Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total...

Transport

Auburn railway station is on the Southern line and Western line of the CityRail network. Four Tracks Paired by Use Auburn is a major railway station on the South line, Sydney and Western line, Sydney of the CityRail network. ... The South line has several alterate route to reach its main destination at Campbelltown railway station, Sydney, via Granville, via Regents Park, via Bankstown and via East Hills. ... The Western Line is part of the metropolitan rail network in Sydney known as CityRail. ... The waiting area at  Central Railway Station, the main station on the CityRail network CityRail is an operating division of RailCorp, a publicly owned corporation of the government of the state of New South Wales, Australia. ...

Landmarks

• Auburn Hospital with basic 24-hour emergency facilities is on Norval and Hargrave Streets.

• Auburn Botanic Gardens ^[1]

Auburn Hospital is a 155 bed hospital in Auburn, which is in the western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. ...

Commercial Area

Auburn has a mixture of residential, commercial and industrial areas. Auburn shopping centre is located close to Auburn railway station. Commercial and industrial develoments are also located along Parramatta Road and surrounding streets. Four Tracks Paired by Use Auburn is a major railway station on the South line, Sydney and Western line, Sydney of the CityRail network. ... Parramatta Road is the major historical east-west artery of metropolitan Sydney, Australia, connecting the City of Sydney with Parramatta. ...

• Tooheys Brewery is located in Auburn.
• Harvey Norman's biggest store in Australia is located on Parramatta Road.
• Reading Cinemas is on Parramatta Road. ^[2]
• Revolution Racegear - Australasia's largest race equipment stockist

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Schools

• Auburn Girls High School
• Auburn North Pubic School
• Auburn West Public School
• Auburn Public School
• St Joseph The Worker Public School
• Trinity Catholic College

Trinity Catholic College is a Catholic institution located in New South Wales, Australia. ...

Population

Demographics

Auburn prides itself as having one of the largest refugee communities in Australia. With a very high percentage of its population coming predominantly from Lebanese, Turkish and Vietnamese backgrounds, as well as some anglo-celtic and other cultural backgrounds. Auburn also has the fastest growing Iraqi and Sudanese communities in the country with a population of 65,000 people.^{[citation needed]}

Notable Residents

• Jack Lang had a long and close association with Auburn, setting up a successful real estate business there. He went on to serve on the local council, eventually becoming Mayor. He died in Auburn in 1975.
• Warren Mundine is the first Aboriginal president of the Australian Labor Party. Born in Grafton in 1956, Warren and his family lived in Auburn in the mid-1960s.
• Myuran Sukumaran, one of the Bali Nine.

John Thomas Lang (21 December 1876 - 27 September 1975), Australian politician, usually referred to as J.T. Lang during his career, familiarly known as Jack and nicknamed The Big Fella, was Premier of New South Wales for two terms (1925-27, 1930-32). ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Warren Mundine AO (born 1956 in Grafton, New South Wales) is the current National President of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Bali Nine ringleader, Myuran Sukumaran. ... Michael Czugaj, shown during an interview on the Nine Networks current affairs television program, A Current Affair. ...

References

• The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8

References

1. ^ Wilson, Jan; Laura Vallee, Murray Fagg (2006-12-12). Auburn Botanical Gardens. Directory of Australian Botanic Gardens and Arboreta. Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved on 2007-02-03.
2. ^ Reading Cinemas

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External links

Coordinates: 33°51′56″S 151°01′25″E / -33.86563, 151.02360 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

• Maps and aerial photos
  • Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
  • Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
  • Topographic and bathymetric map from Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia.
• Auburn Council website
• 2001 Census Information

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