Wetherill Park, New South Wales
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Wetherill Park is a suburb of western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
Wetherill Park is located approximately 10 km north of Liverpool in Sydney. It is home to the largest industrial estate in the Southern Hemisphere, surrounded by a residential area and is located close to the Westlink M7 Sydney Orbital motorway ([1]).
Surrounding suburbs include Bossley Park, Horsley Park, Prospect, Smithfield and Prairiewood. Wetherill Park falls within the boundaries of Fairfield City Council.
A characteristic of Wetherill Park is that the streets are named after famous writers. Vidal Street, for example, is named for Gore Vidal. Other Streets include Shakespeare Street, Stevenson Street (for Robert Louis Stevenson), Locke Street (for John Locke) and Gogol Place.
Wetherill Park is home to a Buddhist temple which was visited by Prince Charles in the mid 1990s. As well as the temple, Wetherill Park is also home to 1 of 2 Stocklands Shopping Centres in Sydney, and a TAFE college.
The T-Way bus route opened in 2003 and runs partly through Wetherill Park.
Wetherill Park was once home to Italian footballer Christian Vieri.
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