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Airds

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Campbelltown City Council NSW, PO Box 57, Airds, NSW 2560
02 4645 4000

Description

Airds is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

Airds is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Airds is 56 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Campbelltown and is part of the Macarthur region.Airds is a predominantly residential area and the majority of houses within the suburb are owned by Housing NSW.

History

Governor Lachlan Macquarie named the region Airds, after the Scottish family estate of his wife Elizabeth.Airds appeared in land grant lists, and referred to almost the entire area between Glenfield and Gilead. The name fell into disuse as Campbelltown and other settlements along the valley floor came to be known by their individual names after the 1820s.In January 1975, tenders for the first homes in the Housing Commission's 'Kentlyn' subdivision were called but the name Airds was not approved until May 1976.

Like many public housing estates in Sydney, Airds was constructed on American Radburn principles designed to separate traffic from pedestrians. As a result, houses in the suburb did not face roads, which was later found to create enormous problems relating to crime and passive surveillance in the suburb. It is one of the most socially disadvantaged suburbs of Sydney.

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Type: Suburbs

Population: 1001-10000

Time zone: UTC +11:00

Area: 2.381 km2

Elevation: 51-200 metres

Town elevation: 139 m

Population number: 2,926

Local Government Area: Campbelltown City Council

Location

Campbelltown City Council NSW, PO Box 57, Airds, NSW 2560

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This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Airds, New South Wales

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