Carramar, New South Wales
- Carramar, New South Wales
Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Carramar
city = Sydney
state = nsw
caption = Carramar Railway Station
lga = City of Fairfield
postcode = 2163
est = 1926
pop =
area =
propval =
stategov = Fairfield
fedgov = Blaxland
near-nw = Fairfield
near-n = Fairfield
near-ne = Fairfield East
near-w = Fairfield
near-e = Villawood
near-sw = Canley Vale
near-s = Lansvale
near-se = Lansdowne
dist1 = 30
dir1 = west
location1= Sydney CBD
Carramar is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Carramar is located 30 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Fairfield and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.
History
Carramar's name comes from an aboriginal word meaning "shade of trees". The first land grant in the area was made by Governor King in 1803. When the railway station opened here in 1924 it was called South Fairfield. However, the area had been known as Carramar since at least the 1850s and the name of the station was changed to Carramar in 1926. A post office was opened the following year as the local population began to swell. [ "The Book of Sydney Suburbs", Frances Pollon, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, p.146 ISBN 0-207-14495-8, page 52 ]
chools
Carramar Public School features an infants and primary school, although the school technically falls within the suburb of Villawood. [cite web | url= http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/schoolfind/locator/?section=showRecord&code=3328| title=Carramar Public School| publisher=NSW Department of Education & Training | accessdate=2008-05-02 ]
Commercial Areas and Transport
Carramar has a small commercial shopping centre, and a small industrial area. Carramar railway station is on the South railway line of the CityRail network.
References
External links
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