Northmead, New South Wales

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Northmead Sydney, NSW
The Junction, Windsor Road
Postcode:	2152
Location:	26 km (16 mi) west of Sydney CBD
LGA:	City of Parramatta Baulkham Hills Shire
State District:	Parramatta
Federal Division:	Parramatta
Suburbs around Northmead: Winston Hills Baulkham Hills North Rocks Old Toongabbie Northmead North Parramatta Wentworthville Westmead Parramatta

Northmead is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Westmead is located 26 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government areas of the City of Parramatta and Baulkham Hills Shire. [[Northmead is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

Northmead is a hilly low to medium density suburb of houses, townhouses and apartment buildings framed on its eastern edge by natural bushland.

[edit] History

With the British settlement of Parramatta, Northmead was originally part of the domain of Government House. What is left of this domain, including Government House, form Parramatta Park. The name Northmead came into use when the governor's domain was first subdivided in 1859. The subdivision of the domain was completed in 1889. The Northern Meadow and Western Meadow of the domain were split off and called Northmead and Westmead. From this time, orchards were established by many new settlers, including some whose names were well-known in the Parramatta area - George Oakes, Nat Payten and William Fullagar among them.

[edit] Commercial Area

Northmead shopping centre is located on Windsor Road and features an IGA supermarket and specialty shops. The Junction is located on the corner of Windsor Road and Briens Road and features a number of retailers for home furnishings, hardware, car accessories (Supercheap Auto, Repco), electricals like Dick Smith Electronics and franchises such as Subway and Hungry Jacks.

[edit] External links

• Northmead, New South Wales is at coordinates 33°46′54″S 151°00′08″E / -33.78166, 151.00209 (Northmead, New South Wales)Coordinates: 33°46′54″S 151°00′08″E / -33.78166, 151.00209 (Northmead, New South Wales)

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