Oatlands, New South Wales

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Oatlands is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is contained in the City of Parramatta and Baulkham Hills Shire. Defined as a new suburb in 1991, it is bordered by Carlingford and Telopea to the east, Dundas and Rydalmere to the south and Parramatta and North Parramatta to the west.

The name originally comes from Oatlands House, which was one of the earliest homes in the Parramatta district, being built in the 1830s by Percy Simpson. While it has been suggested that name reflects the first sowing of oats in Australia, this can't be confirmed. Instead, the name appears to be taken from Oatlands Park in England, which was close to the lands of Lord Dundas, for whom the neighbouring suburb was named. In 1840, the land was sold to James Bettington, who used it for sheep farming. Oatlands House is now used as function centre, with the surrounding land forming the Oatlands Golf Course, which was opened in 1931.

The area extends from the South-east of Kissing Point Road and Vineyard Creek to the North-west borderline Pennant Hills Road and the North Rocks district. Socially, the residents of Oatlands and generally surrounding areas are rather affluent, professionals in their own right and having rather high positions within the Government and Private sectors. The community of Oatlands boasts itself on strength and unity amongst one another and prides themselves on the asthetic surroundings of the suburb.

Whilst maintaining integrity and class of the area, Oatlands is also home to the exclusive and historically significant Oatlands House featured within the Oatlands Golf and Country Club where recent events include the annual Oatlands Classic Tournament sponsored by LG and Bing Lee and the 2006 LG Bing Lee NSW Women's Open Championship, attracting professional golf athletes and media attention to the area.

Oatlands also includes the area known as Burnside, which was the site of Burnside Homes, the children's homes established by Sir James Burns in 1911. Although not used for children's homes any more, the area is still the site of the headquarters of UnitingCare Burnside, an agency of the Uniting Church in Australia. The name is also used by Burnside Public School, which was built on land belonging to the trust. The area contains mainly new housing developments such as Burnside Gardens Estate.

There is also a small shopping area with approximately 10 shops; post office, supermarket, fruit shop, liquor store, chicken shop, hairdressers, butcher, real estate, chemist and newsagency.

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Coordinates: -33.794° 151.032°

Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.

[edit] References

Oatlands History. Oatlands Golf Course site. Retrieved on September 14, 2005.
Oatlands House History. Oatlands House site. Retrieved on September 14, 2005.
Burnside Public School history. Burnside Public School site. Retrieved on September 13, 2005.

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