Carramar, New South Wales

Coordinates: 33°53′10″S 150°57′52″E / 33.88605°S 150.96442°E / -33.88605; 150.96442
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Carramar
Federal division(s)
Suburbs around Carramar:
Fairfield Fairfield
Fairfield East
Fairfield Carramar Villawood
Canley Vale Lansvale Lansdowne

Carramar is a

City of Fairfield and is part of the South Western Sydney
region.

History

Carramar's name comes from an aboriginal word meaning "shade of trees". The first land grant in the area was made by Governor King in 1803. One of Sydney's oldest trees, the Bland Oak, was planted in the suburb in the 1830s by William Bland. When the railway station opened here in 1924 it was called South Fairfield. However, the area had been known as Carramar since at least the 1850s and the name of the station was changed to Carramar in 1926. A post office was opened the following year as the local population began to swell.[2]

Demographics

According to the

Catholic 22.3%, Buddhism 15.4%, Islam 15.2%, No Religion 14.4% and Not stated 9.7%. Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (47.9%).[1]

Schools

Carramar Public School features an infants and primary school, although the school technically falls within the suburb of Villawood.[3]

Commercial areas and transport

Carramar has a small commercial shopping centre, and a small industrial area.

aged care facility that has over 90 beds and 60 rooms.[4]

Economy

Residents have referred to Carramar as "the forgotten suburb" due to it having damaged footpaths, scarce

disabled access for its train station. To improve the suburb, Fairfield City Council had planned in 2018 to establish a 3,200m2 park in between Carramar and Villawood.[5]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Carramar (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2017. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ISBN 0-207-14495-8
    , page 52
  3. ^ "Carramar Public School". NSW Department of Education & Training. Archived from the original on 28 July 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2008.
  4. ^ Ruby Manor Nursing home from OLC Care
  5. ^ The forgotten suburbs of NSW by Tony Ibrahim, The Daily Telegraph
  6. ^ Walters, Rosaline (29 July 2014). "Carramar girl in running to be Bollywood star". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 19 April 2016.

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