Fairfield West, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Fairfield West
city = Sydney
state = New South Wales


caption =
lga = City of Fairfield
postcode = 2165
est = 1870s
pop =
area =
propval =
stategov = Fairfield
fedgov = Prospect
near-nw = Wetherill Park
near-n = Smithfield
near-ne = Smithfield
near-w = Prairiewood
near-e = Fairfield Heights
near-sw = Wakeley
near-s = Canley Heights
near-se = Canley Vale
dist1 = 33
dir1 = west
location1= Sydney CBD

Fairfield West is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Fairfield West is located 33 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Fairfield. Fairfield West is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

Fairfield West shares the postcode of 2165 with the separate suburbs of Fairfield, Fairfield Heights and Fairfield East.

History

When British settlers first arrived in Sydney, the area that is now known as Fairfield West was inhabited by the Cabrogal tribe. A railway station was built at neighbouring Fairfield in 1856 leading to substantial population growth around the station which eventually to Fairfield West being subdivided in the 1870s. At the time it was mostly small farms but a Progress Association was established leading to a post office, school and a sportsground being built in the community. Timber cutting became a significant local industry and the sawmills brought other businesses into the new town, which was well established by the end of the 1800s. [cite web | url= http://www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/default.asp?iDocID=5159&iNavCatID=3&iSubCatID=51 | title=Fairfield West | publisher=Fairfield City Council | accessdate=2008-07-02 ]

Notable residents

Vic Hey (1912-1995), member of the Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame.

Assyrian-Australian rapper Big Slang.

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