St Johns Park, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = St Johns Park
city = Sydney
state = nsw


caption =
lga = City of Fairfield
postcode = 2176
est =
pop =
area =
propval =
stategov = Cabramatta
fedgov = Fowler
near-nw = Greenfield Park
near-n = Prairiewood
near-ne = Wakeley
near-w = Edensor Park
near-e = Canley Heights
near-sw = Bonnyrigg
near-s = Cabramatta West
near-se = Cabramatta West
dist1 = 35
dir1 = west
location1= Sydney CBD

St Johns Park is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. St Johns Park is located 35kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government areas of the City of Fairfield and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

History

St Johns Park was originally home to the Cabrogal people who inhabited the broad Liverpool-Fairfield area. When the First Fleet arrived in Australia, the colonial administration designated this area the parish of St John. Nienteenth century maps indicate a St Johns Farm in the area and it is through this connection that the suburb gained its name. [cite web | url= http://www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/default.asp?iDocID=5167&iNavCatID=3&iSubCatID=51 | title= St Johns Park | publisher=Fairfield City Council | accessdate=2008-06-12 ]

Landmarks

St Johns Park sits beside Clear Paddock Creek which runs along 500m. The 'Restoring the Waters' project, which was the first of its kind in Australia, consisted of the restoration of the concrete channel into a living stream. It took seven years to plan and build and was funded with the assistance of a $1.33 million grant from the NSW State Government through its Stormwater Trust. [cite web | url= http://www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/default.asp?iDocId=2746&iSubCatID=1619&iNavCatID=1609| title= Restoring the waters | publisher=Fairfield City Council | accessdate=2008-06-12 ]

chools

* St Johns Park Public School

Places of Worship

* St Johns Anglican Church
* St Nikola Tavelic Croatian Catholic Church and community centre
* St Hurmizd Assyrian Church Of The East Cathedral
* Buddhist Phap Bao temple

Clubs

* St Johns Park Bowling Club
* St Johns Park Sports Club (also known as Jadran Hajduk Croatian Club).

ervices

* Cardinal Stepinac Village is a retirement hostel and nursing home

References

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