Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church

former bank building in Homer Street

Earlwood is a suburb in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Earlwood is located 12 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Canterbury. The postcode is 2206. This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... “NSW” redirects here. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 503 pixelsFull resolution (2562 × 1611 pixel, file size: 521 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Earlwood, Sydney, Australia. ... Australian postcodes have four digits; envelopes for posting from Australia reflect this. ... ‹ The template below (Unit of length) is being considered for deletion. ... 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. ... The City of Canterbury, previously the Municipality of Canterbury, is a Local Government Area in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... State Electoral District is a term used to refer to a voting area within Australian states. ... Canterbury 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 Watson 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. ... NASA image of Sydneys CBD and inner west suburbs, with borders of Hurlstone Park shown in orange Floss Street, Hurlstone Park Hurlstone Park Railway Station entry Cooks River flowing through Hurlstone Park Hurlstone Park is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South... Dulwich Hill High School Gladstone Hotel, Dulwich Hill Dulwich Hill is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Marrickville Town Hall Police Station, Silver Street Marrickville is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Canterbury is a suburb in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Undercliffe is a suburb in the inner south of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Clemton Park is a suburb in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Bexley North is a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Bardwell Park, Hartill-Law Avenue (north) Sydney Bardwell Park, Hartill-Law Avenue (south) Sydney Bardwell Park is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 556 pixelsFull resolution (2321 × 1613 pixel, file size: 307 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Earlwood, Sydney, Australia. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 556 pixelsFull resolution (2321 × 1613 pixel, file size: 307 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Earlwood, Sydney, Australia. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 533 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1766 × 1985 pixel, file size: 241 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Earlwood, Sydney, Australia. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 533 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1766 × 1985 pixel, file size: 241 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Earlwood, Sydney, Australia. ... Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... South-Western Sydney is a general term which is used to describe the metropolitan area in south-west Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... “NSW” redirects here. ... 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. ... The City of Canterbury, previously the Municipality of Canterbury, is a Local Government Area in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... UK and Australian postal codes are known as postcodes. ...

Earlwood stretches from the southern bank of the Cooks River to the northern bank of Wolli Creek. Undercliffe is located to the east. Earlwood is primarily residential with some commercial developments around the main road, Homer Street. Cooks River, near Sydney Airport Cooks River, Princes Highway bridge between Tempe and Wolli Creek Coohttp://upload. ... Wolli Creek is an urban waterway of south-western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Undercliffe is a suburb in the inner south of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ...

Commercial area

The shopping centre is located on Homer Street, 500 metres up the hill from Bardwell Park railway station. A number of restaurants and cafes are scattered amongst the retail outlets. A supermarket and shops are also located in nearby Clarke Street. Earlwood local library is located on the corner of William Street and Homer Street. Four Tracks Paired by Direction - Slow in Centre - convenient for terminating slow trains track centres arranged to suit signals located on the ground Bardwell Park is a railway station on Sydneys CityRail East Hills Line. ...

Culture

The Earlwood Hotel is located on the corner of Earlwood Avenue and Homer Street. Earlwood - Bardwell Park RSL is located beside Bardwell Park railway station.

Earlwood has several Greek tavernas. Several cafes with outdoor seating are located along Clarke Street. KFC is also located on Clarhe Street with Oporto a little further down on Homer Street. A Taverna is a small restaurant serving Greek cuisine, not to be confused with tavern. The Greek word is Ταβερνα and is originally derived from the Latin word taberna (shed or hut, from tabula board). As Greeks have migrated elsewhere, tavernas have spread throughout the world, especially countries such as the...

Churches

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, St Georges Anglican Church, Earlwood Presbyterian Church, Earlwood Uniting Church, Earlwood Baptist Church, Earlwood Salvation Army. The Transfiguration of Our Lord Greek Orthodox Church is in nearby Undercliffe.

Parks and gardens

• Heynes Reserve is a passive recreation area at the junction of the Cooks River and Cup and Saucer Creek.
• Sutton Reserve is adjacent to Heynes Reserve. It features a playground and is connected to the northern bank of the Cooks River by a wooden footbridge.
• Simpson Reserve is further west along the Cooks River. Beaman Park and Wills Gound are located further east along the river.
• Earlwood Oval is a local soccer and sporting ground
• Girrawheen Park is a large recreational area along the northern bank of Wolli Creek. It provides spectacular views of Arncliffe, Turrella and Bardwell Park.

Earlwood Oval is the home ground for the Earlwood Wanderers soccer club in the inner western suburb of Sydney. ... See also Arncliffe for the village in North Yorkshire, England. ... Turrella is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Bardwell Park, Hartill-Law Avenue (north) Sydney Bardwell Park, Hartill-Law Avenue (south) Sydney Bardwell Park is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ...

History

Earlwood Wines (left, 2000s) and Chelsea Theatre (right, 1950s)

Earlwood began as a logging camp called Parkes Camp in 1829. As the area was cleared, it became suitable for farming and by 1879 it was known as Parkestown.^[1] It was changed to Forest Hill around 1905-06 and changed again to Earlwood in 1918. 'Earl' commemorated a former mayor of Canterbury and 'Wood' was the name of two brothers who owned a pig and poultry farm on Wolli Creek. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 556 pixelsFull resolution (886 × 616 pixel, file size: 193 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Comparison of 285 Homer St Earlwood. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 556 pixelsFull resolution (886 × 616 pixel, file size: 193 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Comparison of 285 Homer St Earlwood. ...

Early residents included F. and A. Martin who were granted land in the eastern part and Joshua Thorpe whose 80 acre estate was in the west, stretching from Cooks River to Wolli Creek. Abraham B. Pollack acquired eight grants in the 1830s, totalling 790 acres and covered most of Earlwood and Undercliffe. Subdivision began in the 1880s.

After World War I, a war services subdivision was created west of Wardell Road for retired soldiers and their families. The streets of that subdivision commemorate the names of famous men and battles connected with the war, such as Kitchener, Hamilton, Vimy, Hamel, Fricourt and Guedecourt. “The Great War ” redirects here. ...

Between 1912 and 1957, electric trams operated along Homer Street to Earlwood, providing service to the city via Marrickville and Newtown.^[2] The service is now operated by buses. Sydney, the largest city in Australia, once had the largest tram system in Australia, the second largest in the Commonwealth (after London), and one of the largest in the world. ... Marrickville Town Hall Police Station, Silver Street Marrickville is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Newtown is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ...

Population

Demographics

Earlwood is a multicultural area, with a large proportion of Greek-Australians. Nearby Marrickville was a major centre of Sydney's Greek community in the 1950s and 1960s and many of its residents began moving south into suburbs like Earlwood, which offered larger family homes and blocks of land. Greek Australians are the seventh largest ethnic group in Australia, numbering 375,703 or 1. ... Marrickville Town Hall Police Station, Silver Street Marrickville is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ...

Nick Pantazis is now currently king of Earlwood or the E-dub

Notable residents

Cooks River flowing between Marrickville and Earlwood

Cooks River flowing between Hurlstone Park and Earlwood

The following notable people have lived in Earlwood: Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1920 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1920 pixel, file size: 1. ... Cooks River, near Sydney Airport Cooks River, Princes Highway bridge between Tempe and Wolli Creek Coohttp://upload. ... Image File history File links Cooks_river_hurlstone_park_NSW.jpg Summary Photo taken by David Latimer (dlatimer) on 20Sep2005. ... Image File history File links Cooks_river_hurlstone_park_NSW.jpg Summary Photo taken by David Latimer (dlatimer) on 20Sep2005. ... Cooks River, near Sydney Airport Cooks River, Princes Highway bridge between Tempe and Wolli Creek Coohttp://upload. ...

• Prime Minister John Howard
• Actor Grahame Bond (The Aunty Jack Show)
• Actor Alex Dimitriades
• Boxers Anthony Mundine and Tony Mundine
• Former Socceroos Johnny Warren and Peter Katholos
• NSW Attorney General John Hatzistergos
• Former Panathinaikos and Olympiacos football (soccer) player Chris Kalantzis

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Politics

Federal Government: Earlwood is in the Division of Watson in the Australian House of Representatives. The Division of Watson is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. ... Australian House of Representatives chamber Entrance to the House of Representatives The Australian House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Australia. ...

State Government: Earlwood is in the Electoral district of Canterbury in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. The district includes surrounding suburbs of Canterbury, Campsie, Hurlstone Park, Croydon Park, western Dulwich Hill, eastern Belfield and northern Turrella. Canterbury is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. ... The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of New South Wales in Australia. ... Canterbury is a suburb in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Campsie is a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... NASA image of Sydneys CBD and inner west suburbs, with borders of Hurlstone Park shown in orange Floss Street, Hurlstone Park Hurlstone Park Railway Station entry Cooks River flowing through Hurlstone Park Hurlstone Park is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South... Croydon Park is a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Dulwich Hill High School Gladstone Hotel, Dulwich Hill Dulwich Hill is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Belfield is a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Turrella is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ...

Local Government: Earlwood is part of the East Ward of the City of Canterbury and together with Canterbury, elects three councillors to the city council. A ward is an electoral district used in local politics, most notably in England, Scotland, and Wales, as well as Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and many cities in the United States and the federal district of Washington, DC. Wards are usually named after neighbourhoods... The City of Canterbury, previously the Municipality of Canterbury, is a Local Government Area in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Canterbury is a suburb in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... 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. ...

References

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

External links

Coordinates: 33°55′13″S 151°07′37″E / -33.92018, 151.12682 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 MSN Live Local.
  • Topographic and bathymetric map from Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia.
• Canterbury City Council - History of Earlwood
• Greek Immigration to Australia