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EspañolLIVERPOOL, NEW SOUTH WALES
:''For the local government area see City of Liverpool, New South Wales''
:''For the State Electoral District, see Electoral district of Liverpool''
'Liverpool' is a suburb in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Liverpool is located 32 kilometres (20 miles) south-west of the Sydney central business district, and is the administrative centre of the local government area of the City of Liverpool.
Liverpool is one of the oldest urban settlements in Australia, founded in 1810 as an agricultural centre by Governor Lachlan Macquarie. He named it after Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool, who was then the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Liverpool is at the head of navigation of the Georges River and combined with the Great Southern Railway from Sydney to Melbourne reaching Liverpool in the late 1850s, Liverpool became a major agricultural and transportation centre as the land in the district was very productive.
Until the 1950s, Liverpool was still a satellite town with an agricultural economy based on poultry farming and market gardening. However the tidal surge of urban sprawl which engulfed the rich flatlands west of Sydney known as the Cumberland Plain soon reached Liverpool, and it became an outer suburb of metropolitan Sydney with a strong working-class presence and manufacturing facilities. The Liverpool area also became renowned for its vast Housing Commission estates housing thousands of low-income families after the slum clearance and urban renewal programs in inner-city Sydney in the 1960s.
Liverpool is currently undergoing a rapid transformation into a major CBD in its own right. It has been earmarked by the state government in the coming years to be a major regional area in Sydney. It is currently the major city centre in South Western Sydney. The city centre is shaped similar to that of a Hoddle Grid layout.
The main shopping area is centred on Macquarie Street, with Westfield Liverpool, a major shopping centre at the northern end. The northern end of the city has been zoned for high density residential apartments. The southern end of the city is zoned for high density commercial developments.
Liverpool is also home to the largest municipal library in Australia , a large teaching hospital, two technical colleges and many shopping centres and office buildings. The private hospital operator Healthscope owns the Sydney Southwest Private Hospital in Liverpool.
Industries include a large cable factory, a telephone manufacturer, pharmaceutical laboratories and cold storage plants.
Liverpool is well served by roads such as the Hume Highway (also known as Liverpool Road), the M5 motorway, the Westlink M7 motorway.
Liverpool railway station has frequent services to Sydney CBD, Campbelltown and Parramatta. The Liverpool to Parramatta transitway provides fast services for buses.
St Lukes Anglican Church, located in the city centre across the road from Westfield Liverpool, is the oldest Anglican church in Australia.
There are several local schools in the Liverpool district, namely: Liverpool Boys High, Liverpool Girl's High, All Saints, Good Samaritan Catholic College, Liverpool Public School and Moorebank High School.
There are also many open spaces within the city centre. These include Bigge Park and a historic War Memorial called Pioneer Park.
Local sports clubs include Moorebank Sports Club, and local team identities such as The Cattledogs Indoor Cricket team. Close to the city centre exists also a sporting precinct called Woodward Park which contains an indoor leisure centre as well as several playing fields.
Liverpool is noted for its high percentage of people from non-English speaking backgrounds. In the city itself, the most numerous and visible community are Serbs. There are also large communities of Fijian Indians, Vietnamese, Italians, Hispanics, Greeks, Filipinos, Pacific Islanders and people from the former Yugoslavia spread all over the Liverpool council area. The city is full of ethnic shops, cafes and restaurants and is generally equated with the Serbian and Fijian Indian communities.
The following people were all born in Liverpool
★ Cricketer Michael Clarke
★ Entertainer Nathan Foley, a member of Hi-5
★ Poet Jennifer Harrison
★ Rugby league players Vic Hey, Brett Hodgson, Anthony Minichiello and Pat Richards
★ Politician Craig Knowles
★ ''The Book of Sydney Suburbs'', Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8
★ Liverpool City Council website
★ 2001 Census Information
:''For the State Electoral District, see Electoral district of Liverpool''
'Liverpool' is a suburb in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Liverpool is located 32 kilometres (20 miles) south-west of the Sydney central business district, and is the administrative centre of the local government area of the City of Liverpool.
| Contents |
| History |
| Commercial Area |
| Transport |
| Churches |
| Schools |
| Parks |
| Sport and Recreation |
| Population |
| Demographics |
| Notable residents |
| References |
| External links |
History
Liverpool is one of the oldest urban settlements in Australia, founded in 1810 as an agricultural centre by Governor Lachlan Macquarie. He named it after Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool, who was then the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Liverpool is at the head of navigation of the Georges River and combined with the Great Southern Railway from Sydney to Melbourne reaching Liverpool in the late 1850s, Liverpool became a major agricultural and transportation centre as the land in the district was very productive.
Until the 1950s, Liverpool was still a satellite town with an agricultural economy based on poultry farming and market gardening. However the tidal surge of urban sprawl which engulfed the rich flatlands west of Sydney known as the Cumberland Plain soon reached Liverpool, and it became an outer suburb of metropolitan Sydney with a strong working-class presence and manufacturing facilities. The Liverpool area also became renowned for its vast Housing Commission estates housing thousands of low-income families after the slum clearance and urban renewal programs in inner-city Sydney in the 1960s.
Commercial Area
Liverpool is currently undergoing a rapid transformation into a major CBD in its own right. It has been earmarked by the state government in the coming years to be a major regional area in Sydney. It is currently the major city centre in South Western Sydney. The city centre is shaped similar to that of a Hoddle Grid layout.
The main shopping area is centred on Macquarie Street, with Westfield Liverpool, a major shopping centre at the northern end. The northern end of the city has been zoned for high density residential apartments. The southern end of the city is zoned for high density commercial developments.
Liverpool is also home to the largest municipal library in Australia , a large teaching hospital, two technical colleges and many shopping centres and office buildings. The private hospital operator Healthscope owns the Sydney Southwest Private Hospital in Liverpool.
Industries include a large cable factory, a telephone manufacturer, pharmaceutical laboratories and cold storage plants.
Transport
Liverpool is well served by roads such as the Hume Highway (also known as Liverpool Road), the M5 motorway, the Westlink M7 motorway.
Liverpool railway station has frequent services to Sydney CBD, Campbelltown and Parramatta. The Liverpool to Parramatta transitway provides fast services for buses.
Churches
St Lukes Anglican Church, located in the city centre across the road from Westfield Liverpool, is the oldest Anglican church in Australia.
Schools
There are several local schools in the Liverpool district, namely: Liverpool Boys High, Liverpool Girl's High, All Saints, Good Samaritan Catholic College, Liverpool Public School and Moorebank High School.
Parks
There are also many open spaces within the city centre. These include Bigge Park and a historic War Memorial called Pioneer Park.
Sport and Recreation
Local sports clubs include Moorebank Sports Club, and local team identities such as The Cattledogs Indoor Cricket team. Close to the city centre exists also a sporting precinct called Woodward Park which contains an indoor leisure centre as well as several playing fields.
Population
Demographics
Liverpool is noted for its high percentage of people from non-English speaking backgrounds. In the city itself, the most numerous and visible community are Serbs. There are also large communities of Fijian Indians, Vietnamese, Italians, Hispanics, Greeks, Filipinos, Pacific Islanders and people from the former Yugoslavia spread all over the Liverpool council area. The city is full of ethnic shops, cafes and restaurants and is generally equated with the Serbian and Fijian Indian communities.
Notable residents
The following people were all born in Liverpool
★ Cricketer Michael Clarke
★ Entertainer Nathan Foley, a member of Hi-5
★ Poet Jennifer Harrison
★ Rugby league players Vic Hey, Brett Hodgson, Anthony Minichiello and Pat Richards
★ Politician Craig Knowles
References
★ ''The Book of Sydney Suburbs'', Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8
External links
★ Liverpool City Council website
★ 2001 Census Information
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