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Lurnea is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is fairly close to Liverpool and Casula. There is a high school in the area called Lurnea High School.
[edit] History
Lurnea was originally home to the Cabrogal people who spoke the Darug language. Following British settlement of the area in the 1800s it was given the name Hillview which persisted until after World War I when the land was converted into a soldier settlement which provided the soldiers with enough room for a house and a small farm. It was renamed Lurnea which means "a resting place". In the 1970s the area was redeveloped again into a residential suburb which this time became home to a number of veterans from the Vietnam War.[1]
[edit] Transport
Hoxton Park Road runs along the northern edge of Lurnea providing access to Liverpool as well as suburbs to the west of Lurnea such as Hoxton Park. It also has relatively easy access to the M5 South Western Motorway to the city and the Westlink M7 to the northwest of Sydney. Lurnea is well serviced by Busabout bus routes with five services passing through the suburb and another three along Hoxton Park Road on the northern edge.[2]
[edit] People
Lurnea's population at the 2006 Australian census was 7462, a substantial number of whom come from Arabic backgrounds. Islam is the second most common religion in the suburb with 17.9%, behind only Catholicism (29%), and the Arabic language is the second most commonly spoken with 17.5% behind English with 46%. The median household income of $743 per week is lower than the national average ($1027) while the rent and mortgage repayments are slightly higher than average.[3]
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