Marrickville, New South Wales
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Marrickville is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Marrickville is located approximately 8km south-west of the Sydney central business district and is the largest suburb in the Marrickville Council local government area. The postcode is 2204.
Marrickville sits on the northern bank of the Cooks River. Marrickville features a mixture of residential, commercial and light industrial developments. Marrickville South is a locality beside the river and 'The Warren' is a locality around Warren Road.
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[edit] Commercial Area
The main shopping strip runs along Marrickville Road, west from Sydenham to the town hall. Marrickville Road is well-known for the artwork that adorns the awnings of some of its businesses, which gives the strip a unique style. The shopping strip also extends south along Illawarra Road, past the railway station, to 'The Warren' locality. Marrickville Metro Shopping Centre is located near the border with Enmore and contains supermarkets, discount stores, specialty shops and a food court.
[edit] Marrickville Road Shops
 Maurice Menswear shop |
 Amante Pizza Cafe |
 Celini's Cafe |
 Fernando's Hair and Beauty |
 Royal Exchange Hotel |
 Marrickville Seafoods |
[edit] Transport
Marrickville railway station is on the Bankstown line of the CityRail network. The main roads through the suburb include Marrickville Road, Illawarra Road, Victoria Road, Wardell Road and Livingstone Road. It also lies under the flight path to Kingsford Smith International Airport.
[edit] Landmarks
Marrickville Town Hall is located on the corner of Marrickville Road and Petersham Road. Outside Marrickville Town Hall is a World War I war memorial, featuring a Winged Victory figure. Standing at over 4 metres, the figure is the largest known bronze casting on a memorial in Australia. St Clements Anglican Church located diagonally across the intersection of Marrickville Road and Petersham Road. St Brigid’s Catholic Church is also located nearby on Marrickville Road, on the corner of Livingstone Road. St Marouns Catholic College is in Wardell Road.
[edit] Parks
Mackey Park, Steel Park, Warren Park, Henson Park, McNeilly Park, Wicks Park, Fraser Park, Jarvie Park, Marrickville Park, Enmore Park, Marrickville Golf Course.
[edit] Schools
Marrickville High School, Marrickville Public School, Marrickville West Public School, Ferncourt public school, Wilkins Primary School, St Brigids Catholic School, Casimir Catholic College, St Marouns Catholic College.
[edit] History
The name Marrickville comes from the 24.3 ha (60 acres) 'Marrick' estate of Thomas Chalder, which was subdivided on the 24th February, 1855. He named it after his native village Marrick, North Yorkshire, England. The estate centred on the intersection of Victoria Road and Chapel Street. William Dean, the publican of the Marrick Hotel, in Illawarra Road (now the site of the Henson Park Hotel) is credited with adding the “ville” to Marrick when it was gazetted in 1861.
The first land grant in the area was 100 acres to William Beckwith in 1794. Thomas Moore received 470 acres in 1799 and another 700 acres in 1803. Dr Robert Wardell purchased most of this land for his estate that stretched from Petersham to the Cooks River. His estate was broken up after he was murdered by escaped convicts in September 1834.
Thomas Holt (1811-1888) was a Sydney business tycoon who built a mansion overlooking the Cooks River called ‘The Warren’. Holt gave it that name because he bred rabbits on the estate for hunting. The 100 acre property was south of Wardell’s and covered the area from today’s Unwins Bridge Road to Illawarra Road and Warren Road. The Warren was subdivided in 1866. Thomas Holt was a large land holder in Sydney with another mansion in Sans Souci and vast property holdings from Sutherland to Cronulla.
Marrickville became a municipality on the 6th November 1861. In 1948, it merged with neighbouring municipalities of St Peters and Petersham to form Marrickville Municipal Council.
The first school opened in August 1864 and the post office opened in 1865. The railway line to Bankstown opened in 1895. The station was known as Illawarra Road during construction. Later, when it was decided that Marrickville was a more appropriate name, the original Marrickville station was renamed Sydenham.
[edit] Demographics
In the mid-twentieth century, Marrickville was a major centre of Sydney's large Greek community, and to an extent remains so. Greek flags are frequently flown down Marrickville's main commercial street, which still has many Greek-owned businesses. Today, the Vietnamese community has become perhaps more prominent, centred in the area closer to the railway station.
In recent years the area has seen an influx of young, urban professionals attracted to its proximity to the Sydney CBD, vast array of restaurants and inner-city, multicultural lifestyle.
[edit] Housing
Many Marrickville homes are freestanding or terraced Victorian houses built in the late 1800s. Others were built in the Federation style in the early 1900s. The 1960s and 1970s saw the demolition of some of the larger homes and low-rise red-brick flats put up in their place. The Greek community has created what is known as the "fedeterranean" style, where Federation houses are renovated with Mediterranean elements such as white columns, tiling, white and blue paint and Greek statuary.
[edit] Fedeterranean Houses in Marrickville
 An example of a Fedeterranean home |
 An example of Fedeterranean tiling |
 Fedeterranean garden statue and columns |
[edit] References
- The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8
[edit] External links
- Marrickville Council
- List of places to eat in Marrickville
- Marrickvillia - A blog about Marrickville
- Cadigal/Wangal peoples website
- Reverse Garbage Centre
- Marrickville LGA flickr group - images of Marrickville
- Marrickville Image Library
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
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| Sydney suburbs near Marrickville (Marrickville Council) |
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| Petersham | Enmore | St Peters |
| Dulwich Hill | Marrickville | Sydenham |
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| Earlwood | Undercliffe | Tempe |
| Suburbs and localities within Marrickville Council | Inner West | Sydney |
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Camperdown | Dulwich Hill | Enmore | Lewisham | Marrickville | Marrickville South | Newtown | Petersham | St Peters | Stanmore | Sydenham | Tempe |
| List of Sydney suburbs |
