词条 | Wetherill Park, New South Wales |
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| type = suburb | name = Wetherill Park | city = Sydney | state = nsw | image = WetherillParkNSWshops.jpg | caption = Wetherill Park Marketown shopping centre | lga = City of Fairfield | postcode = 2164 | est = | pop = 6,127 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}} | pop_footnotes = [1] | area = 11.2 | stategov = Prospect | fedgov = McMahon | coordinates = {{coord|33|50|59|S|150|54|40|E|display=inline,title}} | near-nw = Prospect | near-n = Pemulwuy | near-ne = Greystanes | near-e = Smithfield | near-se = Prairiewood | near-s = Bossley Park | near-sw = Abbotsbury | near-w = Horsley Park | dist1 = 34 | dir1 = west | location1= Sydney CBD }} Wetherill Park is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Wetherill Park is located 34 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Fairfield. The {{CensusAU|2011}} recorded that Wetherill Park as having a resident population of 6,026. Just under half (47.5%) of these residents were born in Australia.[1] The area is 11.2 km2.[2] Most residents live in the south-east corner, the larger portion of the suburb being an industrial area.[3] Wetherill Park sits on the southern border of Prospect Reservoir. HistoryAboriginal cultureAboriginal people from the Cabrogal clan of the Gandangara tribe, have lived in the area for more than 30,000 years. White settlementWetherill Park was named after a businessman who offered {{convert|21|acre|m2}} of his property to the State government as a park. The offer was accepted and the park was named after the donor. The first settlers in set up their homes north of the present school site at Wetherill Park. One hundred years ago, there were not enough homes in this suburb to need a school. With the commencement of the Prospect Reservoir Waterworks, a local storekeeper, Samuel Booth, made available a section of his land for a school, free of charge. The school, called 'Macquarie Park', was located on the corner of Victoria and Daniel Streets being 365 Victoria Street, Wetheril Park. It opened in May 1882 with 8 children but it was changed in June 1882 to 'Boothtown' for Samuel Booth’s involvement in the establishment of the school. In 1884 it became Reservoir Public School and in 1896, it became the Wetherill Park Public School.[4] In 1986 the school made way for the Phuoc Hue Temple, and was relocated down the road to Lily Street and renamed William Stimson Public School, in honour of the first mayor of the City of Fairfield. Street namesA characteristic of Wetherill Park is that all the streets are named after famous writers. Some examples include: Vidal Street (for Gore Vidal), Shakespeare Street (for William Shakespeare), Stevenson Street (for Robert Louis Stevenson), Locke Street (for John Locke), Gogol Place (for Nikolai Gogol), Swinburne Crescent (for Richard Swinburne), Homer Place (for Homer), Emerson Street (for Ralph Waldo Emerson), Wordsworth Street (for William Wordsworth), Dickens Road (for Charles Dickens), Longfellow Street (for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow), Chaucer Street (for Geoffrey Chaucer), Ainsworth Crescent (for William Harrison Ainsworth), Coleridge Road (for Samuel Taylor Coleridge), Frost Close (for Robert Frost), Gissing Street (for George Gissing), Maugham Crescent for Somerset Maugham and Langland Street (for William Langland). Commercial areas
TransportThe T-Way bus route opened in 2003 and runs partly through Wetherill Park. It is also located close to the Westlink M7 Sydney Orbital motorway.[5] The Horsley Drive is the major road which runs through Wetherill Park. Other major roads include Polding Street and Victoria Street. DemographicsAccording to the 2016 Census, the most common ancestries in Wetherill Park were Australian 10.6%, Italian 9.6%, English 8.9%, Assyrian 7.6% and Chinese 4.7%. 46.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Iraq 11.6%, Italy 3.7%, Vietnam 3.3%, Chile 1.8% and Croatia 1.7%. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 45.4%, No Religion 9.4%, Not stated 6.2%, Buddhism 5.5% and Islam 5.2%. Overall, Christianity was the largest religious group reported (75.7%). 35.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 8.7%, Arabic 8.0%, Spanish 6.7%, Italian 5.2% and Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 4.4%. Schools
Parks and recreationThe suburb features a large recreational park and an urban forest, Wetherill Park Nature Reserve. Adjacent to that Reserve is the Emerson Street Reserve, which is a 6-hectare, rectangular-shaped sports ground which features a walking track, a tennis facility, a skate park, a basketball court, cricket practice nets and a soccer field. Although not in the suburb, Rosford Street Reserve is adjacent to the eastern outskirts of Wetherill Park.[6] As part of Fairfield City Council's Parks Improvement Program, Shakespeare Park was upgraded in 2006.[7][8] Places of worshipWetherill Park is home to a large Buddhist temple which was visited by Prince Charles in 1994.[9] Notable residentsWetherill Park was once home to famous Italian footballer, Christian Vieri. References1. ^1 {{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC14264 |name=Wetherill Park (State Suburb)|accessdate=27 June 2017|quick=on}} {{Sydney Fairfield suburbs}}2. ^{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC12486 |name=Wetherill Park (State Suburb)|accessdate=16 February 2014}} 3. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/SelectSubArea?subarea=Census+Collection+District&MapStats=View+MapStats+%3E&collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC12047&geography=&method=Place+of+Usual+Residence&productlabel=Population+Density&producttype=MapStats&topic=Population+Size+%26+Growth&navmapdisplayed=true&javascript=true&breadcrumb=PLTS&topholder=0&leftholder=0¤taction=501&action=401&textversion=false&subaction=-1 | title= 2006 census MapStats : Wetherill Park (State Suburb) | publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics}} 4. ^http://www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/default.asp?iDocID=504&iNavCatID=3&iSubCatID=51 fairfield City History 5. ^http://www.westlinkm7.com.au m7 6. ^Fairfield City Council (1999) Strategic Plan for Fairfield City 1999-2010 Fairfield City Council 7. ^http://www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/upload/jixey25822/AR1Overview.pdf Fairfield Council Annual Report 2006/2007 8. ^http://www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/default.asp?iDocId=350&iSubCatID=165&iNavCatID=162 Kids get crafty as Shakespeare Park receives makeover 9. ^{{cite news|title=Leader advocated social harmony|url=http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/leader-advocated-social-harmony-20120217-1teeh.html|accessdate=29 December 2014|work=Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax|date=18 February 2012}} 2 : Suburbs of Sydney|City of Fairfield |
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