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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Belmore

Suburb

South-western suburb containing a mixture of residential, commercial and industrial developments. After the First World War, many returned servicemen settled there.

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Name
Alternate
St Clair
Commemorates
Lowry-Corry, Somerset (Lord Belmore)
Property
Administered by
Canterbury City Council
- 2016
Part of
Canterbury local government area
- 2016
Administered by
Canterbury-Bankstown Council
2016 -
Part of
Canterbury-Bankstown local government area
2016 -
Type
Suburb

Belmore

CC BY-SA 2.0
by
Lesley Muir
Brian Madden
,
2009

Traditional land of the Bediagal people, Belmore was once all forest. Early European settlers cut the timber for firewood and later for railway sleepers, and farmed crops and poultry. In 1869 the district was named Belmore in honour of the new governor of New South Wales. When the railway came through in 1895, subdivision accelerated and after World War I surburban development was rapid. Migration and home units have changed Belmore since the 1960s.

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