Warwick Farm, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Warwick Farm
city = Sydney
state = nsw


caption = Replica of Sydney Harbour Bridge
lga = City of Liverpool
postcode = 2170
est =
pop =
area =
propval =
stategov = Liverpool
fedgov = Hughes
near-nw = Cabramatta West
near-n = Cabramatta
near-ne = Lansvale
near-w = Liverpool
near-e = Chipping Norton
near-sw = Liverpool
near-s = Moorebank
near-se = Chipping Norton
dist1 = 30
dir1 = west
location1= Sydney CBD

Warwick Farm is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.Warwick Farm is located 30 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Liverpool and is part of the South-western Sydney region.

History

This area was occupied by Irish political prisoners transported after the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Land grants of 40 acres were made to transportees in 1809 and for some time it was known as Irish Town. John Hawley Stroud, the superintendent of Liverpool Orphans School, received a grant in 1804 on the present site of Warwick Farm Racecourse and named his property after Warwick in England. [ "The Book of Sydney Suburbs", Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8]

Landmarks

Warwick Farm Racecourse sits on the western shore of the Georges River. A large replica of the Sydney Harbour Bridge sits outside the Peter Warren car yard, on the Hume Highway.

Transport

Warwick Farm railway station is on the South railway line of the City Rail network. The Hume Highway is the main arterial road through the suburb. The William Long Bridge crosses the Georges River to Chipping Norton.

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