Liverpool is a suburb in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Liverpool is located 32 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, and is the administrative centre of the local government area of the City of Liverpool. This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... “NSW” redirects here. ... Australian postcodes have four digits; envelopes for posting from Australia reflect this. ... “km” redirects here. ... “Miles” 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. ... The City of Liverpool is a Local Government Area in southwest of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... State Electoral District is a term used to refer to a voting area within Australian states. ... Liverpool 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 Fowler is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. ... This is a complete listing of the suburbs and localities in the greater Sydney area in alphabetical order. ... Ashcroft is a suburb of Sydney, Australia. ... Mount Pritchard is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Cabramatta shops Cabramatta is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia, It is part of the Local Government Areas in Australia Local Government Area of the City of Fairfield, 32 km south-west of the Sydney CBD. It is predominantly populated by Vietnamese people, but many other Asian... Cartwright is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Warwick Farm is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Lurnea is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Casula is a suburb in the Sydney metropolitan area in the State of New South Wales, Australia. ... Moorebank is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... “Suburbia” redirects here. ... 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 Farm Cove Map of the CBD The central business district (CBD) of Sydney, the capital of New South Wales, Australia, 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 Liverpool is a Local Government Area in southwest of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ...

History

Liverpool is one of the oldest urban settlements in Australia, founded in 1810 as an agricultural centre by Governor Lachlan Macquarie. He named it after Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool, who was then the Secretary of State for the Colonies. 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Major General Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of New South Wales Major-General Lachlan Macquarie CB (31 January 1762[1] – 1 July 1824), British military officer and colonial administrator, served as Governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821 and had a leading role in the social, economic and architectural development... The son of George IIIs close adviser Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool and his part-Indian first wife, Amelia Watts, Robert Jenkinson was educated at Charterhouse School and Christ Church, Oxford. ... The title of Earl of Liverpool has been created twice in British history. ...

Liverpool is at the head of navigation of the Georges River and combined with the Great Southern Railway from Sydney to Melbourne reaching Liverpool in the late 1850s, Liverpool became a major agricultural and transportation centre as the land in the district was very productive. The Georges River is a waterway in the state of New South Wales in Australia. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... // Production of steel revolutionized by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman fractionates petroleum by distillation for the first time First transatlantic telegraph cable laid First safety elevator installed by Elisha Otis Railroads begin to supplant canals in the United States as a primary means of transporting goods. ...

Until the 1950s, Liverpool was still a satellite town with an agricultural economy based on poultry farming and market gardening. However the tidal surge of urban sprawl which engulfed the rich flatlands west of Sydney known as the Cumberland Plain soon reached Liverpool, and it became an outer suburb of metropolitan Sydney with a strong working-class presence and manufacturing facilities. The Liverpool area also became renowned for its vast Housing Commission estates housing thousands of low-income families after the slum clearance and urban renewal programs in inner-city Sydney in the 1960s. In agriculture, market gardening is the relatively small-scale production of fruits, vegetables and flowers as cash crops, frequently sold directly to consumers and restaurants. ... The Cumberland Plain is a region in the Sydney Basin of New South Wales, Australia. ... Urban Renewal redirects here. ...

Commercial Area

Liverpool is currently undergoing a rapid transformation into a major CBD in its own right. It has been earmarked by the state government in the coming years to be a major regional area in Sydney. It is currently the major city centre in South Western Sydney. The city centre has a Hoddle Grid layout with many little laneways and arcades, similar to that of Melbourne. The main strip is Macquarie Street which contains numerous small cafes.

The main shopping area is centred on Macquarie Street, with Westfield Liverpool, a major shopping centre at the northern end. The northern end of the city has been zoned for high density residential apartments. The southern end of the city is zoned for high density commercial developments. Liverpool is also home to the largest municipal library in Australia ^{[citation needed]}, a large teaching hospital, two technical colleges and many shopping centres and office buildings. The private hospital operator Healthscope owns the Sydney Southwest Private Hospital in Liverpool. Westfield Liverpool is located in Sydneys South Western mini CBD of Liverpool. ... For the traditional meaning of the word mall, see pedestrian street or promenade. ... An apartment (or flat) is a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building. ... Front entrance of Liverpool Hospital Liverpool Hospital is a 550-bed public hospital located in south western Sydney, Australia. ... A private hospital is a hospital which is owned by a company and is privatlely funded, through the payment for medical services by patientsm or by insurers. ... Healthscope is an Australian private hospital operator which also operates a pathology business. ...

Industries include a large cable factory, a telephone manufacturer, pharmaceutical laboratories and cold storage plants.

Transport

Liverpool is well served by roads such as the Hume Highway (also known as Liverpool Road), the M5 motorway, the Westlink M7 motorway. The Hume Highway / Hume Freeway is one of Australias most important and notable interstate highways which runs for 880 km inland between Sydney and Melbourne. ... Metroad 5 (M5) is a main arterial route linking Sydneys city centre to its south western suburbs and beyond. ... M7 Metroad marker M7 motorwaymarker Westlink M7, formerly named the Western Sydney Orbital, is one of Sydneys urban motorways and is a part of Sydney Metroad 7 and the Sydney Orbital Motorway network. ...

Liverpool railway station has frequent services to Sydney CBD, Campbelltown and Parramatta. The Liverpool to Parramatta transitway provides fast services for buses. Liverpool railway station, Sydney was an early terminus of the South line opened in 1856 and it remains a busy intermediate terminus and transport interchange hub. ... Queen Street in Campbelltown Campbelltown is a suburb and the CBD (central business district) of the City of Campbelltown, in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, located about 44 km south west of the Sydney central business district. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Churches

St Lukes Anglican Church, located in the city centre across the road from Westfield Liverpool, is the oldest Anglican church in Australia, and also the most best church, All Saints Catholic Church, which is with the All Saints schools. Westfield Liverpool is located in Sydneys South Western mini CBD of Liverpool. ...

Schools

There are several local schools in the Liverpool district, namely: Hoxton Park High School, Liverpool Boys High, Liverpool Girl's High, All Saints, Good Samaritan Catholic College, Liverpool Public School and Moorebank High School.

Parks

There are also many open spaces within the city centre, including botanical parks. These include Bigge Park and a historic War Memorial called Pioneer Park.

Sport and Recreation

Local sports clubs include Moorebank Sports Club, and local team identities such as The Cattledogs Indoor Cricket team. Close to the city centre exists also a sporting precinct called Woodward Park which contains an indoor leisure centre as well as several playing fields .

A netball complex opened in Liverpool in 2007. Liverpool City Netball is highly regarded, participating successfully in many State and representative competitions. On a local level, OLMC netball has been repeatedly awarded the title of 'Club of the Year'.

Population

Demographics

Liverpool is noted for its high percentage of people from non-English speaking backgrounds. These include Serbs, Indo-Fijians, Vietnamese, Italians, and Pacific Islanders. The city is full of ethnic shops, cafes and restaurants, and is generally equated with the Serbian and Indian communities. Languages Serbian Religions Predominantly Serbian Orthodox Christian Related ethnic groups Other Slavic peoples, especially South Slavs See Cognate peoples below (* many Serbs opted for Yugoslav ethnicity) [27] Serbs (Serbian: Срби or Srbi) are a South Slavic people who live mainly in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and, to a lesser extent, in... Indo-Fijians are people born in Fiji, but are ethnically Indian. ... A Pacific Islander or Pacific Person (plural: Pacific People) is a term used in several places, such as New Zealand and the United States, to describe people of a certain heritage In New Zealand, it is applied to a person who has emigrated from one of the smaller islands of...

Notable residents

The following people were all born in Liverpool

• Cricketer Michael Clarke
• Entertainer Nathan Foley, a member of Hi-5
• Poet Jennifer Harrison
• Rugby league players Vic Hey, Brett Hodgson, Anthony Minichiello and Pat Richards
• Politician Craig Knowles

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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′15″S 150°55′23″E / -33.92092, 150.92314 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, Google Maps and Multimap.
  • Satellite image from Google Maps and WikiMapia.
  • Topographic and bathymetric map from Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia.
• Liverpool City Council website
• 2001 Census Information