Woodbine, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Woodbine
city = Sydney
state = nsw
lga = City of Campbelltown
postcode = 2560
est = 1976
pop = 2,722 (2001 census)
propval = [http://www.domain.com.au/public/suburbprofile.aspx?mode=%20$257,000&suburb=Woodbine&postcode=2560#mapanchor $295,000] (2007)
stategov = Campbelltown
fedgov = Macarthur
near-nw = Claymore
near-n = Eagle Vale
near-ne = Leumeah
near-w = Blairmount
near-e = Leumeah
near-sw = Blair Athol
near-s = Campbelltown
near-se = Campbelltown
dist1 = 57
dir1 = south-west
location1= Sydney CBD Woodbine is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Woodbine is located 55 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Campbelltown. Woodbine shares the postcode of 2560 with Campbelltown.

History

Officially the name Woodbine comes from that of a local cottage which was home to a prominent local family, the Paytens, from the 1870s to the 1960s. It has also been suggested that, during a Council argument about the name of the suburb, a disgruntled councillor suggested it be named after the cigarettes of his chain-smoking colleagues, and it was from this off-the-cuff remark that serious consideration was given to the name Woodbine. [cite web | url= http://www.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au/default.asp?iDocID=2104&iNavCatID=322&iSubCatID=1393 | title=History of Woodbine| publisher=Campbelltown City Council | accessdate=2007-12-21 ]

For over 30,000 years the area that is now Woodbine belonged to the Tharawal people [Liston, C: "The Dharawal and Gandangara in colonial Campbelltown, New South Wales, 1788-1830", article in Aboriginal History, vol.12, 1988: p.48-62.] [cite web | url= http://www.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au/upload/fxwyn53436/Cultural.pdf | title=Campbelltown's Environment| publisher=Campbelltown City Council | accessdate=2008-03-03 ] . The surrounding land still contains reminders of their past lives in rock engravings, cave paintings, axe grinding grooves and shell middens. A local park "Kanbyugal Reserve" is named after a Tharawal leader who met with explorer George Caley in the area in the early 1800s [cite web | url= http://www.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au/default.asp?iDocID=2104&iNavCatID=322&iSubCatID=1393 | title=History of Woodbine| publisher=Campbelltown City Council | accessdate=2007-12-21 ] .

British settlers began moving into the area in the early 1800s, establishing farms and orchards in the area. By the 1970s, the expanding Sydney was large enough for developers to look at the area around Campbelltown. After Council decided on the name, developers such as Landcom began building and the first residents moved in in 1976.

People

Demographics

In the 2001 Australian Bureau of Statistics Census, Woodbine had a population of 2,722 people. Around two thirds of residents were Australian born but there were a substantial number of languages other than English spoken including Arabic (5%), Spanish (3%), Cantonese (2%), Greek (1%) and Filipino (1%). The majority of families were couples with children (62%) and the proportion of children under 14 years old in the suburb (23%) was higher than the national average. Virtually all the homes in the area were separate houses (97%) with the majority (79%) owned outright or under mortgage. Within the suburb itself, there were no Housing Commission properties. Unemployment in the area (5%) was lower than the national average with clerical, sales and service workers the most common occupation.Census 2001 AUS|id=SSC13566|name=Woodbine (State Suburb)|accessdate=2007-06-30|quick=on]

Notable residents

* Rose Payten, tennis star of the early 20th century

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