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Kingswood

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Penrith City Council NSW, PO Box 60, Kingswood, NSW 2747
02 4732 7777

Description

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

Kingswood is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales in Australia. It is 52 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith. There are various other locations within the state of New South Wales that are also called Kingswood, and is often confused with the nearby suburb of Kingswood Park.

History

Kingswood was named after the family of Governor Philip Gidley King, who owned land in the area which was originally heavily forested. In 1881, the area was known as Crossroads for the intersection of the Great Western Highway and The Northern Road (now Parker Street). The name was changed to Kingswood on 2 August 1887. Cross Roads West Post Office opened on 20 April 1887 and was renamed Kingswood in August 1887.The land was used for farming and subdivision began after the railway came through in 1862, although the Kingswood siding did not open until 1887.The NSW State Archives and Reading Room (formerly known as Western Sydney Records Repository), where NSW public sector bodies' records are stored, is located on O'Connell Street, Kingswood.

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Type: Suburbs

Population: 1001-10000

Time zone: UTC +11:00

Area: 4.782 km2

Elevation: 11-50 metres

Town elevation: 43 m

Population number: 9,301

Local Government Area: Penrith City Council

Location

Penrith City Council NSW, PO Box 60, Kingswood, NSW 2747

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

Kingswood - Localista

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