Oxley Park is a suburb of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 43 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.
| Oxley Park Sydney, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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 Oxley Park Public School | |||||||||||||||
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| Population | 4,197 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1823 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2760 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 44 m (144 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 43 km (27 mi) west of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Penrith City Council | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Londonderry | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Lindsay | ||||||||||||||
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History
editOxley Park was named after explorer John Oxley (1784–1828) was granted 600 acres (2.4 km2) in this area in 1808, being officially announced or 'gazetted' in 1823.[2] The grant extended from Queen street St Marys east to Ropes Creek and from the Great Western Highway to the railway line.
Land use
editOxley Park is a residential suburb. It is one of the older suburbs around St Marys, with older homes on large blocks of land. Its boundaries are Ropes Creek in the east, the Great Western Highway as its southern boundary, Sydney Street as its western border, and the Main Western railway line separating it from North St Marys..
Oxley Park features sporting fields such as the Cec Blinkhorn sporting oval, along with the other major facilities of Oxley Park Primary School, St Marys Uniting Church (which holds services catering to Cook Islander, Samoan, and regular English-speaking churchgoers[5]), and St Marys Cemetery (the second-largest cemetery in the City of Penrith after the one in Kingswood[6]).
As a small residential suburb with no central business district or industrial areas, the closest being the one along Queen street in St Marys and the Dunheved/North St Marys region north of the train line, a dedicated strip of Sydney street is zoned for convenience stores and small businesses such as a bakery, specialty clothing store, medical practice, salon, pharmacy and woodfire pizza parlour.
Brian King park, along Braddon street, features a playground that was designed with the contributions of students in grades 5 and 6 of the local Oxley Park Primary School during the 2019 Penrith Mayoral Challenge.[7][8]
Trivia
editThe main streets that cut through Oxley Park and the segment of St Marys between Glossop street and Sydney street follow the theme of being named after capital cities of Australian states.
In actuality, their namesakes are battleships of the Australian Navy.[9] Sydney street was named after HMAS Sydney, Adelaide street after HMAS Adelaide, Canberra street after HMAS Canberra, Brisbane street after HMAS Brisbane, Hobart street after HMAS Hobart, Melbourne street after HMAS Melbourne, and Perth street after HMAS Perth. There is no Darwin street.
References
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- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Oxley Park (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ^ "Oxley Park". Penrith City Local History. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "Oxley Park". Penrith City Local History. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "Guess Who's Turning 60?". oxleypark-p.schools.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "About Us - St Marys Uniting Church". stmarys.uca.org.au. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "Cemeteries - Penrith City Council". www.penrithcity.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ Newsroom, Weekender (7 July 2020). "Student-designed playground opens in Oxley Park • The Western Weekender". Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "Student-designed playground opens in Oxley Park - Penrith City Council". www.penrithcity.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "Oxley Park". Penrith City Local History. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
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