Hammondville, New South Wales
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Hammondville is a suburb
, in south-western
Sydney
, in the state of New South Wales
, Australia
. Hammondville is located 31 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district
in the local government area of the City of Liverpool
.
. It was founded in 1933 by Minister Robert Hammond from St Barnabas
at Broadway
close to the city centre of Sydney.
field, netball
courts, baseball
diamonds and cricket
nets along Heathcoate Road. The suburb also sits alongside the New Brighton Golf Club. Hammondville is home to the popular Moorebank Sports Club SPORTIES.
In 1988, the Lieutenant Cantello Reserve was unveiled by the citizens of Bankstown in the Bicentennial Project. Located on the eastern side of the village the memorial stands in memory of Lt George Leo Cantello who died in a plane crash whilst defending Australia on 8 June 1942.
Suburb
The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...
, in south-western
South-western Sydney
South-western Sydney is a general term which is used to describe the metropolitan area in south-west Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the Greater Western Sydney area....
Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, in the state of New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Hammondville is located 31 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district
Sydney central business district
The Sydney central business district is the main commercial centre of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It extends southwards for about 3 kilometres from Sydney Cove, the point of first European settlement. Its north–south axis runs from Circular Quay in the north to Central railway station in...
in the local government area of the City of Liverpool
City of Liverpool, New South Wales
The City of Liverpool is a Local Government Area to the southwest of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.-History:It is one of the oldest urban settlements in Australia, founded in 1810 as an agricultural centre by Governor Lachlan Macquarie...
.
History
Hammondville was originally a settlement for destitute families during the Great DepressionGreat Depression in Australia
Australia suffered badly during the period of the Great Depression of the 1930s. The Depression began with the Wall Street Crash of October, 1929 and rapidly spread worldwide. As in other nations, Australia suffered years of high unemployment, poverty, low profits, deflation, plunging incomes, and...
. It was founded in 1933 by Minister Robert Hammond from St Barnabas
St. Barnabas, Broadway
St Barnabas, Broadway is an Anglican church in the Diocese of Sydney, Australia. The church property is located on Broadway, near the University of Sydney....
at Broadway
Broadway, New South Wales
Broadway is a road in Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The road constitutes the border between the suburbs of Ultimo and Chippendale . Broadway is also an urban locality....
close to the city centre of Sydney.
Recreation
Hammondville has soccer and footballFootball
Football may refer to one of a number of team sports which all involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball with the foot to score a goal. The most popular of these sports worldwide is association football, more commonly known as just "football" or "soccer"...
field, netball
Netball
Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ...
courts, baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
diamonds and cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
nets along Heathcoate Road. The suburb also sits alongside the New Brighton Golf Club. Hammondville is home to the popular Moorebank Sports Club SPORTIES.
Parks
Hammondville has many small pocket parks with children's playgrounds.In 1988, the Lieutenant Cantello Reserve was unveiled by the citizens of Bankstown in the Bicentennial Project. Located on the eastern side of the village the memorial stands in memory of Lt George Leo Cantello who died in a plane crash whilst defending Australia on 8 June 1942.