Macdonaldtown
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Macdonaldtown is an urban place in
Inner West. The locality is around Macdonaldtown railway station, on the Inner West line of the Sydney Trains
network.
History
The suburb of Macdonaldtown was named for Stephen Macdonald, who owned a property in the south of
Erskineville. It was advertised with the name "Macdonald Town".[1] The whole suburb of Macdonald was incorporated as a local government area in 1872 and was renamed as Erskineville in 1893.[1]
References
- ^ a b "The Names of Sydney: Suburbs M to P". Visit Sydney Australia.
Sources
- The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8
External links
33°53′49″S 151°11′12″E / 33.896886°S 151.186767°E
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