Llandilo, New South Wales

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Llandilo
Sydney, NSW

Population:

918 (2001)

Postcode:

2749

Area:

22.56 km² (8.7 sq mi)

Location:

54 km (34 mi) west of Sydney CBD

LGA:

Penrith City Council

State District:

Londonderry

Federal Division:

Lindsay

Suburbs around Llandilo:
Berkshire Park	Shanes Park	Ropes Crossing
Londonderry Cranebrook	Llandilo	St Marys
Cambridge Gardens	Werrington Downs	Werrington County

Llandilo is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Llandilo is located 54 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. Llandilo is a small semi-rural outcrop between two creeks.

1 History
- 1.1 Aboriginal Culture
- 1.2 European settlement
2 Schools
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

Llandilo is named after a Welsh town.

[edit] Aboriginal Culture

Prior to European settlement, what is now Llandilo was home to the Mulgoa people who spoke the Darug language. They lived a hunter-gatherer lifestyle governed by traditional laws, which had their origins in the Dreamtime. Their homes were bark huts called 'gunyahs'. They hunted kangaroos and emus for meat, and gathered yams, berries and other native plants. Shortly after the arrival of the First Fleet in Australia in 1788, an outbreak of smallpox decimated the local indigenous communities and made it easier for settlers to disposses them of their land.^[1]

[edit] European settlement

The first land grant in the area was made to Samuel Terry in 1818. He named the area Terry Brook. By the 1860s it was known as Llandilo after a Welsh town. While the landholdings have reduced in size down to around one or two acres, the area is still primarily rural as it has been for the past 200 years or so.^[2]

[edit] Schools

The local Catholic High School in Llandilo is Xavier College, which was received with controversy due to the fact that it was the first incursion on native habitat reserved in the ADI Site.

[edit] References

^ Dharug Aboriginal History. Christopher Tobin. Retrieved on 2007-07-26.
^ Penrith Local Suburb profiles - Llandilo. Penrith City Council. Retrieved on 2007-08-10.

[edit] External links

Penrith Local Suburb Profiles

Llandilo, New South Wales is at coordinates 33°42′22″S 150°44′43″E / -33.70617, 150.74536 (Llandilo, New South Wales)Coordinates: 33°42′22″S 150°44′43″E / -33.70617, 150.74536 (Llandilo, New South Wales)

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