Holroyd, New South Wales

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Holroyd
Sydney, New South Wales

Former brickworks

Postcode:

2160

Location:

24 km (15 mi) west of Sydney CBD

LGA:

City of Holroyd

State District:

Granville

Federal Division:

Reid

Suburbs around Holroyd:
Merrylands	Parramatta	Granville
Merrylands	Holroyd	Granville
Merrylands	Merrylands	Granville

Brickworks apartments

Holroyd is a small suburb in western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Holroyd is located 24 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Holroyd. The local government area takes its name from the suburb but the administrative centre is located in Merrylands.

[edit] History

Holroyd is named after Arthur Todd Holroyd (1806-1887) who acquired land in this area in 1855. His property, Sherwood Scrubs, was located in Merrylands named after his former home in England. ^[1] Arthur Todd Holroyd MP (Bathurst Plains then Parramatta) was a judge for the NSW Supreme Court, had completed one year medical residency in London and was a keen businessman. He was respected and powerful and was on many and varied boards and committees. He became the first mayor of Holroyd Council (then Municipality of Prospect & Sherwood 1872-1927 with only 250 ratepayers for first 9 years) and made clay pipes for drainage at Sherwood Scrubs and introduced drainage to the local area. He also encouraged the rail line to Parramatta Junction.

The suburb of Holroyd was created when suburb boundaries had to be defined and Holroyd Council area did not have a suburb of the same name and created one to satisfy the Geographical Names Board. It was gazetted in 1999 with boundaries being: Walpole Street (north), Neil Street (south) the railway line (east) and Pitt Street (west). There was a change to the boundary in 2001 with the northern boundary extended to the freeway. ^[2]

[edit] References

^ The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8
^ NSW Geographical Names Board, Bathurst NSW

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Holroyd, New South Wales is at coordinates 33°49′52″S 150°59′49″E / -33.831, 150.997 (Holroyd, New South Wales)Coordinates: 33°49′52″S 150°59′49″E / -33.831, 150.997 (Holroyd, New South Wales)

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