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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Lewisham

Suburb

Inner-western residential and commercial suburb named after the estate of emancipist jeweller Jacob Josephson. It developed with the construction of the Redfern-Parramatta railway line in the 1850s.

-33.890015760739, 151.14688054432

Property
Administered by
Marrickville Council
- 2016
Part of
Marrickville local government area
- 2016
Administered by
Inner West Council
2016 -
Part of
Inner West local government area
2016 -
Type
Suburb

Lewisham

CC BY-SA 2.0
by
Chrys Meader
,
2008

Cadigal country until large grants were given to settlers in the early colony, Lewisham remained timbered and rural until the mid-nineteenth century. Its Catholic church, cemetery and hospital dominated one side of the suburb, and were the site of an air crash in 1946 when two staff were killed.

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