Cecil Hills is a suburb

Suburb

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 of Sydney

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, in the state of New South Wales

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, Australia

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. Cecil Hills is located 38 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district

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, in the local government area of the City of Liverpool

City of Liverpool, New South Wales

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 and is part of the Greater Western Sydney

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 region.

History

In 1817, John Wylde, the judge-advocate of New South Wales, was granted 2000 acres (8.1 km²) in the Parish of Cabramatta. He named his property Cecil Hills after his British property in Chestnut, Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire

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. He lived on the property only briefly before leaving to become Chief Justice of the Cape of Good Hope

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 in South Africa

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. His wife Elizabeth remained, however, and managed the property until her death in 1864. It continued as a farm through until the 1980s when it was decided to redevelop it for housing. The suburb of Cecil Hills was named in 1992 and includes part of the old Cecil Hills property along with other neighbouring properties.

Transport

Cecil Hills is located south-west of the intersection of Cowpasture Road and Elizabeth Drive.

Schools

Cecil Hills High School opened in 1996 and it offers a comprehensive curriculum, including English, Mathematics, Science, Geography, History, Commerce, Italian, Music, Visual Arts, Personal Development, Physical Education and Health and a variety of Technology subjects. Sport, School Choir, School Band Program, Computer Technology, Debating and Drama enhance the curriculum.

Houses

The four houses are: Chisholm

Caroline Chisholm

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 - Green Goolagong

Evonne Goolagong

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 - Yellow Hollows

Fred Hollows

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 - Red Whitlam

Gough Whitlam

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- Blue
Cecil Hills Public School opened in 2003. Uniform is navy blue and white, with navy blue hats. The school is fairly large, with brick classrooms and demountables. The playground has two basketball/netball courts, a soccer/football field and areas for handball.