Woodbine, New South Wales
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Woodbine is a suburb
of Sydney
, in the state of New South Wales
, Australia
. Woodbine is located 55 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district
, in the local government area of the City of Campbelltown
and is part of the Macarthur
region. Woodbine shares the postcode of 2560 with Campbelltown
.
s of his chain-smoking colleagues, and it was from this off-the-cuff remark that serious consideration was given to the name Woodbine.
For over 30,000 years the area that is now Woodbine belonged to the Tharawal people
. The surrounding land still contains reminders of their past lives in rock engravings, cave painting
s, axe grinding grooves and shell midden
s. A local park Kanbyugal Reserve is named after a Tharawal leader who met with explorer George Caley
in the area in the early 19th century.
British settlers began moving into the area in the early 19th century, establishing farms and orchards in the area. By the 1970s, the expanding Sydney was large enough for developers to look at the area around Campbelltown
. Developers such as Landcom
began building homes here and the first residents moved into them in 1976.
Australia's First Underground Display Home was built in Ettalong Place by Jewan Constructions in 1981.
Census
, Woodbine had a population of 2,722 people. Around two thirds of residents were Australian born but there were a substantial number of languages other than English
spoken including Arabic
(5%), Spanish
(3%), Cantonese (2%), Greek
(1%) and Filipino
(1%). The majority of families were couples with children (62%) and the proportion of children under 14 years old in the suburb (23%) was higher than the national average. Virtually all the homes in the area were separate houses (97%) with the majority (79%) owned outright or under mortgage. Within the suburb itself, there were no Housing Commission properties. Unemployment in the area (5%) was lower than the national average with clerical, sales and service workers the most common occupation.
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...
of 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...
. Woodbine is located 55 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 Campbelltown
City of Campbelltown, New South Wales
The City of Campbelltown is a Local Government Area in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, located about 55 km south west of the Sydney central business district. Australia...
and is part of the Macarthur
Macarthur, New South Wales
Macarthur is a region in south-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The region includes the local government areas of the City of Campbelltown, Camden Council and Wollondilly Shire. It covers an area of 3,067 square kilometres and has a population of close to 240,000 residents...
region. Woodbine shares the postcode of 2560 with Campbelltown
Campbelltown, New South Wales
Campbelltown is a suburb in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Campbelltown is located 51 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Campbelltown.- History :Campbelltown...
.
History
Officially the name Woodbine comes from a local cottage which was home to a prominent local family, the Paytens, from the 1870s to the 1960s. It has also been suggested that, during a Council argument about the name of the suburb, a disgruntled councillor suggested it be named after the cigaretteCigarette
A cigarette is a small roll of finely cut tobacco leaves wrapped in a cylinder of thin paper for smoking. The cigarette is ignited at one end and allowed to smoulder; its smoke is inhaled from the other end, which is held in or to the mouth and in some cases a cigarette holder may be used as well...
s of his chain-smoking colleagues, and it was from this off-the-cuff remark that serious consideration was given to the name Woodbine.
For over 30,000 years the area that is now Woodbine belonged to the Tharawal people
Tharawal people
The Tharawal people were the Aboriginal inhabitants of southern Sydney and the Illawarra region in 1788, when the first European colonists arrived. The Tharawal people lived in the areas from south side of Botany Bay, around Port Hacking to north of the Shoalhaven River and inland to Campbelltown...
. The surrounding land still contains reminders of their past lives in rock engravings, cave painting
Cave painting
Cave paintings are paintings on cave walls and ceilings, and the term is used especially for those dating to prehistoric times. The earliest European cave paintings date to the Aurignacian, some 32,000 years ago. The purpose of the paleolithic cave paintings is not known...
s, axe grinding grooves and shell midden
Midden
A midden, is an old dump for domestic waste which may consist of animal bone, human excrement, botanical material, vermin, shells, sherds, lithics , and other artifacts and ecofacts associated with past human occupation...
s. A local park Kanbyugal Reserve is named after a Tharawal leader who met with explorer George Caley
George Caley
-Early life:Caley was born in Craven, Yorkshire, England, the son of a horse-dealer. He was educated at the Free Grammar School at Manchester for around four years and was then taken into his father's stables. Coming across a volume on farriery, he became interested in the herbs mentioned in...
in the area in the early 19th century.
British settlers began moving into the area in the early 19th century, establishing farms and orchards in the area. By the 1970s, the expanding Sydney was large enough for developers to look at the area around Campbelltown
Campbelltown, New South Wales
Campbelltown is a suburb in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Campbelltown is located 51 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Campbelltown.- History :Campbelltown...
. Developers such as Landcom
Landcom
Landcom, previously known as the Land Commission of New South Wales, is a corporation in Australia owned by the Government of New South Wales under Lloyd Warwick....
began building homes here and the first residents moved into them in 1976.
Australia's First Underground Display Home was built in Ettalong Place by Jewan Constructions in 1981.
Demographics
In the 2001 Australian Bureau of StatisticsAustralian Bureau of Statistics
The Australian Bureau of Statistics is Australia's national statistical agency. It was created as the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics on 8 December 1905, when the Census and Statistics Act 1905 was given Royal assent. It had its beginnings in section 51 of the Constitution of Australia...
Census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Woodbine had a population of 2,722 people. Around two thirds of residents were Australian born but there were a substantial number of languages other than English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
spoken including Arabic
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
(5%), Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
(3%), Cantonese (2%), Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
(1%) and Filipino
Filipino language
This move has drawn much criticism from other regional groups.In 1987, a new constitution introduced many provisions for the language.Article XIV, Section 6, omits any mention of Tagalog as the basis for Filipino, and states that:...
(1%). The majority of families were couples with children (62%) and the proportion of children under 14 years old in the suburb (23%) was higher than the national average. Virtually all the homes in the area were separate houses (97%) with the majority (79%) owned outright or under mortgage. Within the suburb itself, there were no Housing Commission properties. Unemployment in the area (5%) was lower than the national average with clerical, sales and service workers the most common occupation.