Epping (New South Wales)

Epping
Beecroft Road from the train station
State :  Australia State : New South Wales City : Sydney Founded : 1899
Coordinates : 33 ° 46 ′  S , 151 ° 5 ′  E Coordinates: 33 ° 46 ′  S , 151 ° 5 ′  E Area : 6.8  km²
Residents : 23,688 (2016) Population density : 3484 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10) Telephone code : (+61) 2 Postal code : 2121 LGA : Hornsby Shire , Parramatta City , Ryde City
Epping

Epping is a suburb of Sydney in Australia , 18 km northwest of downtown Sydney. It belongs to the Local Government Areas Ryde City , Parramatta City and Hornsby Shire and the northern suburbs of Sydney.

history

The Wallumedegal Aboriginal tribe lived in the area between the Lane Cove River and the Parramatta River .

In 1792, Governor Phillip began distributing land to members of the British Navy. The area was named Field of Mars on Phillips' maps (Mars is the Roman god of war). It included the lands of what is now Epping, Ryde, and Marsfield .

Epping train station was originally called the Field of Mars and later Carlingford . The first post office was in East Carlingford. In 1899, the suburb was renamed Epping after the proposal of landowner William Midson (1849-1924). Midson's father was born in Epping, Essex , England .

economy

Epping has a small shopping center near the train station. Further trade and industry are also in the area.

The Epping RSL Club is a popular meeting place that attracts many guests, including students from the nearby Macquarie University . The '' Epping Hotel '' also has a bar with its own night club.

Until 2009, some television studios of the station Seven Network were located in Epping .

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  Epping Club

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  Seven Network television studios

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  Epping Railway Station

traffic

The station Epping is located on the Northern Line of the CityRail Sydney. The Epping – Chatswood railway line, which has been in full operation since 2009, also starts at Epping Station. In the second stage, this line was to be extended to Parramatta , but this project was initially postponed for an indefinite period.

Epping is also well connected to the Sydney city bus network and the Hillsbus network. The M2 Hills Motorway runs on the north side of Epping to Sydney city center. Epping Road, a major major road, runs east from the station to the Pacific Highway .

Churches

St. Alban's Anglican Church

• Chester Street Uniting Church
• Chinese Lutheran Church
• Emmaus Bible College
• Epping Baptist Church
• Epping Church of Christ
• Epping Gospel Chapel
• Epping Presbyterian Church
• Epping Seventh-day Adventist Church
• North Side Chinese Alliance Church
• Northern Districts Chinese Christian Church
• Our Lady Help of Christians (Roman Catholic Church)
• Oxford Street Uniting Church
• Presbyterian Reformed Church Epping
• St. Alban (Anglican Church) and St. Aiden (Anglican Church in West Epping, belongs to the same parish)
• St. Mark's Lutheran Church
• West Epping Uniting Church

schools

• Arden Anglican School (formerly Our Lady of Mercy College )
• Epping Boys High School (in Marsfield)
• Epping Heights Public School
• Epping North Public School
• Epping Public School
• Epping West Public School
• Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Primary School

population

View of Epping from the Pennant Hills

According to the 2016 census, Epping has 23,688 inhabitants, of which 49.4% are male and 50.6% are female. Approx. 41.4% of Epping's residents were born in Australia. The largest group of immigrants is China (18.9%), followed by South Korea (7.4%), and India (6.0%).

Epping is known as an up-and-coming community, which can also be seen in the higher land prices compared to its neighboring communities. The proportion of employed people in Epping is almost twice as high as in Sydney.

Known residents

Maureen Nyholm (nee Richardson) - nurse and wife of Sir Ronald Sydney Nyholm from Broken Hill was born here.

administration

Epping is split into three LGAs: Hornsby Shire , Parramatta City and (for the smallest part) Ryde City .

In the parliamentary elections for the state of New South Wales, Epping forms its own constituency, in the elections to the Australian federal parliament, the suburb is part of the constituency of Bennelong .

Web links

Commons : Epping  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Australian Bureau of Statistics : Epping (NSW) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
2. ↑ Frances Pollon: The Book of Sydney Suburbs . Angus & Robertson Publishers (1990). ISBN 0-207-14495-8 . P. 100
3. ↑ Website of the Chinese Lutheran Church (English)
4. ↑ Website of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (English)
5. ↑ Lutheran Church of Australia (English) ( Memento of the original from April 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Primary School ( Memento of the original from September 19, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ Profile of the suburb of Epping at Domain.com.au (English) ( Memento of the original from May 15, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.