Macdonaldtown, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = locality
name = Macdonaldtown
city = Sydney
state = nsw


caption = Macdonaldtown railway station entrance
lga = City of Sydney
postcode = 2042
near-nw = Darlington
near-n = Camperdown
near-ne = Darlington
near-w = Newtown
near-e = Eveleigh
near-sw = Newtown
near-s = Erskineville
near-se = Eveleigh
dist1 = 4
dir1 = south-west
location1= Sydney CBD

Macdonaldtown is an urban locality in Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Macdonaldtown is located 4 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, within the suburb of Newtown and adjacent to Erskineville. Macdonaldtown is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney and informally part of the region of the Inner West. The locality is around Macdonaldtown railway station, on the Inner West line of the City Rail network.

History

The area was originally part of a grant made to Irishman, Nicholas Devine. Devine built his homestead on the corner of Erskineville Road and George Street. A Mr Macdonald, who owned a large ironmongery at the corner of George and Market Streets in the city, lived near the present Macdonaldtown station and was a major property owner here. He must have had good standing in the area because when the railway station opened in 1855, it was named Macdonaldtown. The suburb covered a large area in those days including the land that is Erskineville today. Macdonaldtown was incorporated as a local government area in 1872. Erskineville became a separate suburb in 1893.

References

*"The Book of Sydney Suburbs", Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8

External links

* [http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name_search/extract?id=KWQlFxqbIt Status as urban locality, not a suburb] .