Lewisham, New South Wales
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Lewisham is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Lewisham is located 8kms south-west of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of Marrickville Council. Lewisham is often colloquially referred to as "the Sham". The postcode is 2049.
Lewisham is surrounded by the suburbs of Petersham, Dulwich Hill, Summer Hill, Haberfield and Leichhardt.
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[edit] Transport
Lewisham railway station is on the Inner West line of the CityRail network. Lewisham is notable in railway history as the termination point for the first train journey in the NSW colony in 1855, although the Lewisham railway station was not built until 1885. The whipple truss bridge over Long Cove Creek was constructed 1885-1886 featuring North American technology developed by Squire Whipple. It is probably the most significant railway bridge site in Australia, certainly in NSW. It has the unique distinction of 4 different types of bridges from different eras. The Engineers Australia designated the Viaduct in 1994 as an historic engineering marker.
[edit] History
Lewisham was named in 1834 after the estate of Joshua Frey Josephson, businessman, judge and owner of Enmore House at Enmore. He named it after the London borough ofLewisham, which means Leofsa's village or manor.
[edit] Churches and Schools
Saint Thomas Becket's Catholic church is located in Thomas Street. Christian Brothers' High School is located between the Boulevarde and Toothill Street. C.B.H.S. Lewisham was first opened in 1891. It accepted many underprivileged boys from the surrounding area and offered them an education. The school has grown since this time and still offers a quality Catholic education.
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
- Marrickville Council - Lewisham
- Christian Brothers´ High School
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Camperdown | Dulwich Hill | Enmore | Lewisham | Marrickville | Marrickville South | Newtown | Petersham | St Peters | Stanmore | Sydenham | Tempe |
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