Chiswick, New South Wales
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| Chiswick Sydney, New South Wales |
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 Chiswick Ferry Wharf |
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| Postcode: | 2046 | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 9 km (6 mi) from CBD | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Canada Bay | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Drummoyne | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Lowe | ||||||||||||
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Chiswick is a suburb in the inner-west region of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 9 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Canada Bay. Chiswick sits on the peninsula between Abbotsford Bay and Five Dock Bay, on the Parramatta River. It is surrounded by the suburbs of Abbotsford, Russell Lea and Drummoyne.
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[edit] History
[edit] Aboriginal Culture
The area around Chiswick was first known by its Aboriginal name Bigi Bigi.
[edit] European Settlement
The suburb was originally part of Five Dock Farm. In 1850s a Dr Fortescue owned an estate in this area which he named Chiswick after the village on the Thames, west of London. Parramatta River had been known as the 'Thames of the Antipodes' and other nearby suburbs were also named after Thames localities of Greenwich, Woolwich, Henley and Putney.
 Chiswick Ferry Wharf |
 Chambers Park |
 Restored shopfront Blackwall Point Road |
 Blackwall Point Road |
[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
- Chiswick, New South Wales is at coordinates Coordinates:
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