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Ermington

Suburb

Western residential suburb on the northern banks of the Parramatta River. It was largely rural until after the Second World War when the New South Wales Housing Commission built estates there.

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Name
Commemorates
Ermington Park House
Property
Administered by
Parramatta City Council
Part of
Parramatta local government area
Type
Suburb

Ermington

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by
Dictionary of Sydney staff writer
,
2010

Traditional country of the Barramattagal people, the land that became Ermington was granted by Governor Phillip to convicts and marines in the 1790s. It remained semi-rural well into the twentieth century, with orchards, poultry farms and nurseries only giving way to suburban development after World War II.

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