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Glenfield

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Campbelltown City Council NSW, PO Box 57, Glenfield, NSW 2167
02 4645 4000

Description

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

Glenfield is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Glenfield is located 36 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government areas of the City of Campbelltown and is part of the Macarthur region.

History

Glenfield was named after the property founded by early colonial surgeon and explorer, Charles Throsby. According to local authorities and Campbelltown City Library, the property was named after the Glenfield in Leicestershire, England, where Throsby was born and brought up. Many of the streets in the suburb have links to British names, such as Canterbury Road, Cambridge Avenue and Trafalgar Street.The name was first used when Glenfield railway station was built in 1869 although a village didn't begin to develop until 1881 when the first subdivision of the paddocks were marketed. A public school opened in a tent the following year and a local post office was established in 1899. Hurlstone Agricultural High School also moved to Glenfield in the 1920s. However, the suburb did not really develop until the 1950s and 1960s.

1968 Siege

Glenfield gained notoriety in 1968 as the site of a hostage siege which ended in bizarre circumstances with the NSW Commissioner of Police Norm Allen acting as witness to the wedding of gunman Wally Mellish and hostage Beryl Muddle. The incident was made into the movie Mr Reliable starring Colin Friels and Jacqueline McKenzie.

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Type: Suburbs

Population: 1001-10000

Time zone: UTC +11:00

Area: 6.995 km2

Elevation: 11-50 metres

Town elevation: 27 m

Population number: 9,633

Local Government Area: Campbelltown City Council

Location

Campbelltown City Council NSW, PO Box 57, Glenfield, NSW 2167

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

Glenfield - Localista

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