Sydenham, New South Wales
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Sydenham is a
History
Sydenham developed after the Illawarra railway line came through the area to
Marrickville Council proposed the Sydenham Creative Hub—a commercial area of bars, cafes and galleries—near Sydenham Station sometime after 2011. On 12 December 2017, the Inner West Council voted to shrink the proposed precinct to an area immediately adjacent to the Station only.[4]
Sydenham has a number of heritage-listed sites, including Sydenham railway station.[5]
Population
In the 2016 Census, there were 1,145 people in Sydenham. 51.9% of people were born in Australia and 51.0% of people only spoke English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion, 35.6%, Catholic 20.1%, Buddhism 11.9%, Not stated 9.3% and Eastern Orthodox 6.7%.[6]
Transport
line under construction as of 2023.Former tram/light rail service
A cross country line connected the Cooks River Line and the Dulwich Hill line via Sydenham, operating along Railway Road and Sydenham Road in Sydenham.
Features
Sydenham is a small suburb extending southeast from the railway station to the Princes Highway. It has a mixture of residential and industrial developments. A small group of shops is located around the intersection of Unwins Bridge Road and Railway Road, close to Sydenham railway station. In the adjacent suburb of Marrickville, commercial developments are also located along Sydenham and Marrickville Roads close to the border with Sydenham. Marrickville Metro Shopping Centre is also very close to Sydenham.
Sydenham Green
Sydenham is directly under the flight path of Sydney Airport. To deal with noise complaints from residential properties between Unwins Bridge Road and the Princes Highway, the government compulsory acquired these properties and converted them into a recreational park.[7] The park occupies a large portion of the small suburb. Sydenham Green is located on either side of Railway Road, named after the park of the same name in Sydenham, London. Two heritage buildings along Railway Road were retained, a sandstone terrace house and St Marys Church (which was later controversially demolished after a suspicious fire.[8]) In the park, a series of oversized 'living room' sculptures – lamp, chairs and fireplace pays homage to the residential houses that formerly occupied the site.
Schools and Churches
Schools close to Sydenham are St Pius Catholic School , Enmore Road - Near Marrickville Metro, Tempe High School (Sydney) and Tempe Public School. St Mary's Church was the first Coptic Church outside of Egypt, but was demolished in 2017.[8]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Sydenham (NSW) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Suburb Guide: Sydney Inner West Archived 26 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ISBN 0-207-14495-8, page 251
- ^ "Sydenham Station Creative Hub Planning Proposal". 28 February 2018. Archived from the original on 3 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
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- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Sydenham (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- ^ Sydenham Green, Sydenham Sydney's Inner West
- ^ a b "End to fight as church razed". Retrieved 28 November 2017.
External links
- Chrys Meader – Marrickville Council (2008). "Sydenham". Dictionary of Sydney. Retrieved 29 September 2015. [CC-By-SA]