Woodbine, New South Wales
| Woodbine Sydney, New South Wales |
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| Population: | 2,722 (2001 census) | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1976 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 2560 | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 57 km (35 mi) south-west of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Campbelltown | ||||||||||||
| State electorate: | Campbelltown | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Macarthur | ||||||||||||
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Woodbine is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Woodbine is located 55 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Campbelltown and is part of the Macarthur region. Woodbine shares the postcode of 2560 with Campbelltown.
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[edit] History
Officially the name Woodbine comes from a local cottage which was home to a prominent local family, the Paytens, from the 1870s to the 1960s. It has also been suggested that, during a Council argument about the name of the suburb, a disgruntled councillor suggested it be named after the cigarettes of his chain-smoking colleagues, and it was from this off-the-cuff remark that serious consideration was given to the name Woodbine.[1]
For over 30,000 years the area that is now Woodbine belonged to the Tharawal people[2][3]. The surrounding land still contains reminders of their past lives in rock engravings, cave paintings, axe grinding grooves and shell middens. A local park Kanbyugal Reserve is named after a Tharawal leader who met with explorer George Caley in the area in the early 19th century[1].
British settlers began moving into the area in the early 19th century, establishing farms and orchards in the area. By the 1970s, the expanding Sydney was large enough for developers to look at the area around Campbelltown. Developers such as Landcom began building homes here and the first residents moved into them in 1976.
Australia's First Underground Display Home was built in Ettalong Place by Jewan Constructions in 1981[4].
[edit] Demographics
In the 2001 Australian Bureau of Statistics Census, Woodbine had a population of 2,722 people. Around two thirds of residents were Australian born but there were a substantial number of languages other than English spoken including Arabic (5%), Spanish (3%), Cantonese (2%), Greek (1%) and Filipino (1%). The majority of families were couples with children (62%) and the proportion of children under 14 years old in the suburb (23%) was higher than the national average. Virtually all the homes in the area were separate houses (97%) with the majority (79%) owned outright or under mortgage. Within the suburb itself, there were no Housing Commission properties. Unemployment in the area (5%) was lower than the national average with clerical, sales and service workers the most common occupation.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "History of Woodbine". Campbelltown City Council. http://www.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au/default.asp?iDocID=2104&iNavCatID=322&iSubCatID=1393. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
- ^ Liston, C: The Dharawal and Gandangara in colonial Campbelltown, New South Wales, 1788-1830, article in Aboriginal History, vol.12, 1988: p.48-62.
- ^ "Campbelltown's Environment". Campbelltown City Council. http://www.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au/upload/fxwyn53436/Cultural.pdf. Retrieved 2008-03-03.[dead link]
- ^ Macarthur Country Visitor Information Guide Spring/Summer 1981/1982, Macarthur Country Promotions, 1981.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (9 March 2006). "Woodbine (State Suburb)". 2001 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2001&areacode=SSC13566&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2007-06-30.
[edit] External links
- Woodbine, New South Wales is at coordinates 34°02′53″S 150°49′29″E / 34.04803°S 150.82464°ECoordinates: 34°02′53″S 150°49′29″E / 34.04803°S 150.82464°E
