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Old Guildford is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Old Guildford is located 24 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Fairfield and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.
[edit] History
Old Guildford and Guildford were named after the Earl of Guildford.
[edit] Aboriginal Culture
Prior to colonisation, the Dharug people lived in small groups across the Cumberland Plain, including in the area which is now the Woodville Ward. The Bidjigal clan lived around the area which is now Guildford.
[edit] European Settlement
Lieutenant Samuel Northwas granted 640 acres here on 1817 and named his property Guildford, as he had ties with the Earl of Guildford. A small hamlet developed in the area around Woodville Road and by 1870 a school had opened here and a church was built here in the 1880s. After the railway station opened in 1876, a new settlement developed around it and became known as Guildford, so the former settlement became known as Old Guildford. [1]
[edit] References
- ^ The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8
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