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Melrose Park

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City of Ryde NSW, Locked Bag 2069, Melrose Park, NSW 2114
02 9952 8222

Description

Melrose Park is a suburb of Sydney, Australia, located 17 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, and is split between the local government areas of the City of Ryde and the City of Parramatta.

Melrose Park is a suburb of Sydney, Australia, located 17 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, and is split between the local government areas of the City of Ryde and the City of Parramatta. It is part of the Northern Sydney region. Melrose Park sits on the northern bank of the Parramatta River.

History
Aboriginal culture

The Wallumedegal Aboriginal tribe lived in the area between the Lane Cove River and Parramatta River, which was known as Walumetta.

European settlement

Melrose Park was the name of the large housing estate established in 1937. Melrose Park is named in honour of aviator Charles James Melrose (1913–1936). He held a number of flying records, was the only solo flyer to finish the Melbourne Centenary Air Race in 1934 and helped in the unsuccessful search for Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. He died when his plane broke up in turbulence on a charter flight from Darwin to Melbourne. Streets in the suburb also recall other aviators such as Sir Alan Cobham, Jean Batten and Amy Johnson.

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Details

Type: Suburbs

Population: 1001-10000

Time zone: UTC +11:00

Area: 1.077 km2

Elevation: 11-50 metres

Town elevation: 12 m

Population number: 1,574

Local Government Area: City of Ryde

Location

City of Ryde NSW, Locked Bag 2069, Melrose Park, NSW 2114

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Attribution

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

Melrose Park - Localista

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