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Meadowbank is a suburb of Sydney in Australia , 15 km west of Sydney city center. It belongs to the Local Government Area Ryde City and is one of the northern suburbs of Sydney. Meadowbank lies in a valley on the north bank of the Parramatta River .
history
Aboriginal culture
The area from Sydney Cove to Parramatta on the north bank of the Parramatta River was believed to be that of the Wallumedegal and had the Aboriginal name Wallumetta - territory of the people of Wallumedes.
The Aborigines in the Sydney area were clans with larger groups who spoke the same language. They were divided into three language groups - the Kuringgai (or Guringai ), the Dharug (or Dharruk / Dharuk / Darug ) and the Dharawal (or Tharawal ). The Wallumedegal probably spoke Dharug.
European settlement
The land in the area of the Field of Mars , which was given to the doctor William Balmain in 1794 , was named Meadow Bank . Balmain returned to England in 1801 and left his lands to the management of his professional colleague D'Arcy Wentworth . Wentworth agreed to sell the land to John Bennett , an ex-inmate who was brought to Australia in 1795. From 1819 both the Meadow Bank Estate and the Chatham Farm to the north belonged to Bennett. Bennett's nephew, William Bennett, joined in 1823 . John Bennett, who was never married, died in July 1829 and so his nephew inherited the property and built Meadowbank House around 1835 . In 1855 Bennett sold the Chatham Farm to Major Edward Darvall . William Bennett died in 1865, but his widow stayed at Meadowbank until her death in 1879. In the late 1880s, when the Strathfield - Hornsby railroad opened in 1886, the property was divided. The local train station was initially called Hellenic , but was later renamed Meadowbank .
economy
Meadowbank is a mixed-use residential and commercial area. There are a few shops around the station and a shopping mall in the apartment complex to the south on Bay Drive.
Meadowbank is currently undergoing an urban renewal program that will demolish many factories and replace them with apartment blocks overlooking the Parramatta River.
traffic
Meadowbank is on the Sydney bus, rail and ferry network. The major roads lead around the suburbs rather than through them, resulting in too little traffic in the residential streets. Lane Cove Road runs to the east, Victoria Road to the north and Adelaide Street to the west of Meadowbank. Other major streets include Constitution Road, Meadow Crescent, and Bank Street.
The station is on the Northern Line of the CityRail network and has two external platforms. Two trains per hour run to the station in each direction. Additional trains are used during rush hour.
The ferry from Parramatta to Sydney is a short distance from the train station. The nearest pier to the west is Sydney Olympic Park , to the east Kissing Point . The ferry mostly transports tourists to Sydney city center on weekends and professionals on weekdays. Because of the shallow water in the Parramatta River, especially during low tide, catamarans are used as ferries.
schools
- Meadowbank TAFE , a school center, is east of the train station.
- St. Michael's School is a Catholic elementary school founded in 1922 by the Sisters of Mercy .
Churches
- Meadowbank International Church
- Ryde Presbyterian Church
- St. Michael's Catholic Church
- River City Church
Parks
In Meadowbank, the banks of the Parramatta River and the adjacent parks are largely open to the public.
- Meadowbank Park has 4 cricket fields , 9 soccer fields and 26 netball fields .
- The Parramatta to Putney bike path passes through Meadowbank.
population
According to the 2016 census, Meadowbank is home to 4,408 people over 0.7 km². Of these, 50.6% are female and 49.4% are male. The average age of the residents is 32 years and is thus significantly lower than the national average, which is 38 years. 65.8% of Meadowbank's residents were born abroad. Most (33.8%) say they do not belong to any religion, followed by the group of Catholic Christians (17.8%), then the Hindus (9.3%) and the Anglicans 5.9%.
politics
In the last election in New South Wales in 2007, the Australian Labor Party (ALP) received the most votes (54.75%), followed by the Liberals (30.42%), the Greens (7.14%) and the Unity Party (3.41%) and the Democrats (1.78%). In the last federal elections in the same year, the Liberals won with 45.49%, closely followed by the ALP with 45.33%. Then came the Greens (5.53%) and the Democrats (0.7%).
The current Bennelong constituency delegate to the Australian Parliament is John Alexander and the Ryde constituency delegate to the New South Wales Parliament is Victor Dominello .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Australian Bureau of Statistics : Meadowbank (NSW) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
- ↑ a b A Brief History of Ryde . City of Ryde ( Memento of the original from June 13, 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.
- ^ TAFE NSW - Northern Sydney Institute: Meadowbank College . TAFE NSW. ( Memento of the original from July 20, 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.
- ↑ Meadowbank International Church ( Memento of the original of July 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Ryde Presbyterian Church
- ^ River City Church
- ^ Australian Electoral Commission - Virtual Tally Room - House of Representatives - NSW Division Bennelong . Government of Australia (2007)
