Greendale, New South Wales

Greendale
Suburb
Greendale Location in metropolitan Sydney
Interactive map of Greendale
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
City	Sydney
LGA	City of Liverpool
Location	64 km (40 mi) from Sydney
Established	1848
Government
• State electorate	Badgerys Creek
• Federal division	Hume
Elevation	77 m (253 ft)
Population
• Total	314 (2021 census)
Postcode	2745
Suburbs around Greendale Wallacia Wallacia Luddenham Silverdale Greendale Bringelly Werombi Cobbitty Bringelly

Greendale is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

History

Greendale was originally home to the Gundungurra people. The first British explorer to visit the area was botanist George Caley in 1800. A number of land grants were made in the area in 1811, one of which was to a Mary Birch who named her property Greendale. Another 1811 grant was made to Ellis Bent who was the colony's judge-advocate. Bents Basin, a recreational area on the Nepean River at Greendale is named after him.

The land was mainly used for wheat farming until 1861 when wheat rust infected the entire crop. The local farmers tried other crops unsuccessfully and gradually moved to other pastoral areas, effectively killing off the town that had grown up in the area. By 1929, the bakery, post office, school and churches had all closed down. A bushfire in 1939 destroyed virtually all the buildings left in the town. Today, even though the suburb has a population of a few hundred, there is no town centre.