Summary
Oxley Park is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 43 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.
| Oxley Park Sydney, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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 Oxley Park Public School | |||||||||||||||
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| Population | 2,923 (2011 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2760 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 44 m (144 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 43 km (27 mi) west of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Penrith City Council | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Londonderry | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Lindsay | ||||||||||||||
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History edit
Oxley Park was named after explorer John Oxley (1784–1828) was granted 600 acres (2.4 km2) in this area in 1823. The grant extended from Queen Street St Marys east to Ropes Creek and from the Great Western Highway to the railway line.
Land use edit
Oxley Park is a residential suburb. It is one of the older suburbs around St Marys, with older homes on large blocks of land. Its boundary includes Ropes Creek, the Great Western Highway, Sydney Street and the Main Western railway line.
Oxley Park features sporting fields, St Mary's Cemetery (the second-largest cemetery in the City of Penrith) and Oxley Park Primary School. There are no designated industrial areas in the suburb.
References edit
33°46′15″S 150°47′36″E / 33.77083°S 150.79333°E
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Oxley Park (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
External links edit
- Penrith local suburb profiles