Claremont Meadows, New South Wales
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Claremont Meadows is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Claremont Meadows is located 45 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.
History
Prior to
Governor Macquarie
granted 1,055 acres (4.27 km2) of land to Mary Bligh as a wedding present when she married Maurice O'Connell. The property was named Coallee, although the family never resided there. The land was subsequently subdivided, and renamed Claremont by Bryan Molloy. The area was opened for residential housing in 1984 and has grown steadily since.
Commercial area
Claremont Meadows has a small shopping centre, with an
IGA
supermarket, pharmacy, hairdressers, dental surgery, hot food shop and bakery. It also has a community centre and two preschools. Claremont Meadows Primary School was opened in 1997.
Transport
Claremont Meadows is serviced by buses operated by
Main Western railway line. Member for Mulgoa Tanya Davies, Member for Penrith Stuart Ayres and Minister for Urban Infrastructure Paul Fletcher officially opened the Werrington Arterial Road (Gipps Street) on 26 May 2017. The M4 on and off ramps connect Claremont Meadows directly on to the M4 Motorway
going east.
Population
According to the
References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Claremont Meadows (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
