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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Silverwater

Suburb

Western industrial suburb on the Parramatta and Duck rivers, part of the 1807 Newington Estate grant to John Blaxland. Major industrial development came after 1900.

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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

Silverwater

CC BY-SA 2.0
by
Edmund Perrin
Terry Kass
,
2008

Wangal country before the Europeans came, the area that became Silverwater was part of a grant made to John Blaxland in 1807, and stayed in the family until 1860. It was broken up into small farms, and later residential blocks, but dairies remained into the 1930s. Industrial development took place along the river from the 1900s, and some of this land has since become Wilson Park.

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