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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Lidcombe

Suburb

Western suburb, 14 kilometres west of central Sydney, nestled around Rookwood Cemetery. Lidcombe has industry and commercial development along with residential areas.

-33.842386606132, 151.04465856449

Name
Alternate
St Joseph
Property
Administered by
Auburn City Council
- 2016
Part of
Auburn local government area
- 2016
Administered by
Cumberland Council
2016 -
Part of
Cumberland local government area
2016 -
Type
Suburb

Lidcombe

CC BY-SA 2.0
by
Terry Kass
,
2008

Standing on Dharug land, Lidcombe was settled by 1828 with ex-convicts and free settlers on small grants. With the railway, stockyards and abbatoirs, and the large cemetery, prosperity came to what was then Rookwood. In the twentieth century, industrial development and decline, and new migration have changed the face of the suburb.

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