Carramar, New South Wales

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Carramar
Sydney, New South Wales

Carramar Railway Station
Established: 1926
Postcode: 2163
Location: 30 km (19 mi) west of Sydney CBD
LGA: City of Fairfield
State District: Fairfield
Federal Division: Blaxland
Suburbs around Carramar:
Fairfield Fairfield Fairfield East
Fairfield Carramar Villawood
Canley Vale Lansvale Lansdowne

Carramar is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Carramar is located 30 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Fairfield and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

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[edit] History

Carramar's name comes from an aboriginal word meaning "shade of trees". The first land grant in the area was made by Governor King in 1803. When the railway station opened here in 1924 it was called South Fairfield. However, the area had been known as Carramar since at least the 1850s and the name of the station was changed to Carramar in 1926. A post office was opened the following year as the local population began to swell.[1]

[edit] Schools

Carramar Public School features an infants and primary school, although the school technically falls within the suburb of Villawood.[2]

[edit] Commercial Areas and Transport

Carramar has a small commercial shopping centre, and a small industrial area. Carramar railway station is on the South railway line of the CityRail network.

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Frances Pollon, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, p.146 ISBN 0-207-14495-8, page 52
  2. ^ Carramar Public School. NSW Department of Education & Training. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.

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