Westmead, New South Wales
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Westmead is a suburb of Sydney, Australia. It is bounded by the Parramatta River, Toongabbie Creek and Finlayson Creek in the north. On the east it is bounded by Parramatta Park, the Parramatta Golf Club, Amos Street and Good Street. The southern boundary is the Great Western Highway. The western boundary is Bridge Road and Darcy Road.
Westmead is the location of the Westmead Hospital, a major teaching hospital, which was constructed in the 1970s, the Westmead College of Dental Therapy, the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, NETS, the moving intensive care service for kids, NRMA Careflight, the adult medical retrieval service and the Cumberland Hospital, a psychiatric hospital
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[edit] History
From the British settlement of Parramatta, Westmead was originally part of the domain of Government House. What is left of this domain, including Government House form Parramatta Park. The name Westmead came into use when the governor's domain was first subdivided in 1859. The subdivision of the domain was completed in 1889. The Northern and Western Meadows of the domain were split off and called Northmead and Westmead. From this time orchards were established by many new settlers, including some whose names were well-known in the Parramatta area - George Oakes, Nat Payten and William Fullagar among them.
Parramatta Marist began as a school established by Fr. John Therry in Hunter Street Parramatta in 1820, under the direction of Mr. George Morley. The school was transferred to the site of the present junior school in 1837 and entrusted to the care of the Marist Brothers in 1875. This makes Parramatta Marist the oldest Catholic school in Australia.
[edit] Education
The Catherine McAuley Catholic High School is an all Girls school located on the same campus as the Parramatta Marist school.
Westmead Public School was established in 1917, when an Infants' School opened in a rented Church of England hall in April of that year. By 1919 the present site was acquired, and the first purpose-built school building was opened in May 1920. In 1923 the building was extended to provide accommodation for Primary students. Within two years the growing local population created demand for additional accommodation for Primary students.
[edit] Transportation
The railway line from Parramatta to Blacktown was built through the suburb in 1861. But it was not until a successful petition by local residents that in April of 1893 Westmead railway station was opened.
Westmead is on the yellow Western Line that terminates at Penrith. The trip to Sydney typically takes 35 minutes.
[edit] External links
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
- Schools:
- Catherine McAuley Catholic High School.
- Parramatta Marist High School, Westmead - the oldest Catholic school in Australia.
- Westmead Public School.
- Hospitals:
- Emergency Services
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