Greendale, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Greendale
city = Sydney
state = NSW


caption =
lga = Liverpool City Council
postcode = 2745
est = 1848
pop = 750 (1996)
area =
propval =
stategov = Mulgoa
fedgov = Macarthur
near-nw = Wallacia
near-n = Wallacia
near-ne = Luddenham
near-w = Silverdale
near-e = Bringelly
near-sw = Werombi
near-s = Cobbitty
near-se = Bringelly
dist1 =
location1= Sydney

Greendale is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

History

Greendale was originally home to the Mulgoa tribe of the Darug people [cite web | url= http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/barani/themes/theme1.htm | title=Aboriginal People and Place | publisher=City of Sydney | accessdate=2008-04-12 ] . The first British explorer to visit the area was botanist George Caley in 1800. A number of land grants were made in the area in 1811, one of which was to a Mary Birch who named her property "Greendale". Another 1811 grant was made to Ellis Bent who was the colony's judge-advocate. Bents Basin, a recreational area on the Nepean Rivert at Greendale is named after him. [cite web | url= http://www.liverpool.nsw.gov.au/adetailedhistoryofliverpool.htm#suburbs | title=History of our suburbs: Greendale | publisher=Liverpool City Council | accessdate=2008-04-12 ]

The land was mainly used for wheat farming until 1861 when wheat rust infected the entire crop. The local farmers tried other crops unsuccessfully and gradually moved to other pastoral areas, effectively killing off the town that had grown up in the area. By 1929, the bakery, post office, school and churches had all closed down. A bushfire in 1939 destroyed virtually all the buildings left in the town. Today, even though the suburb has a population of a few hundred, there is no town centre. [cite web | url= http://www.liverpool.nsw.gov.au/adetailedhistoryofliverpool.htm#suburbs | title=History of our suburbs: Greendale | publisher=Liverpool City Council | accessdate=2008-04-12 ]

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