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Bossley Park

Field	Value
type	suburb
name	Bossley Park
city	Sydney
state	nsw
image	SydneyViewFromWest.jpg
caption	Suburb in foreground with residential houses
alternative_location_map	Australia NSW metro Sydney
pushpin_map_caption	Location in metropolitan Sydney
coordinates
local_map	yes
zoom	12
lga	City of Fairfield
postcode	2176
pop	15,492
pop_year
pop_footnotes
elevation	60
area	4.5
stategov	Prospect
fedgov	Fowler
near-nw	Horsley Park
near-n	Wetherill Park
near-ne	Wetherill Park
near-w	Abbotsbury
near-e	Prairiewood
near-sw	Abbotsbury
near-s	Edensor Park
near-se	Greenfield Park
dist1	36
dir1	west
location1	Sydney CBD

Bossley Park is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Bossley Park is located 36 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Fairfield. Bossley Park is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

The suburb is most well known for being an ethnic enclave of Assyrian and other Iraqi ethnic groups living in Sydney. Furthermore, Bossley Park was Australia's most Catholic suburb in 2018, with 49.9% of residents being adherents of Catholicism.

History

Bossley Park was named after John Brown Bossley (1810–72), an English chemist who purchased a large block of land on Smithfield Road. He named his property Edensor after a village in Derbyshire, England. When the area north of Edensor was subdivided in 1890, it became known as Bossley Park. The public school was built in 1890 and a post office in 1895. The area that is now Bossley Park used be called "Box Country" as it contained tall eucalypt forests with Eucalyptus moluccana being spread out in grassy savannas, and therefore early settlers found the region to be favorable land for sheep and cattle grazing.

After World War II, Bossley Park received many migrants from Italy, who have since played a large role in the local community. Bossley Park and its surrounding suburbs were rural areas until the 1970s, when they were developed into a residential settlement.

Demographics

According to the 2021 census of population, there were 15,492 residents in Bossley Park.

41.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common other countries of birth were Iraq (22.4%), Italy (3.5%), Vietnam (3.8%), Syria (2.8%) and Philippines (1.8%). 29.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Neo-Aramaic (Sureth) (23.1%), Arabic (10.5%), Italian (4.5%), and Vietnamese (4.4%).

The most common reported ancestries were Assyrian (23.1%), Italian (11.4%), Australians (9.4%), Iraqi (8.6%).

The most common responses for religion in Bossley Park were Catholic (49.3%), Assyrian Apostolic (8.0%), No religion (8.0%), Buddhism (6.4%), and not stated (5.8%). Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (78.8%).

Education

Bossley Park has a number of government schools including Bossley Park High School, Bossley Park Public School and Prairievale Public School. There is also the Catholic run Mary Immaculate Primary School.

Places of worship

Mary Immaculate Catholic Church
St Thomas the Apostle Chaldean Catholic Church
St Barnabas' Anglican Church Bossley Park residents are predominantly Catholic (Latin and Eastern), Assyrian Orthodox and Anglican.

File:St. Thomas the Apostle Chaldean & Assyrian Catholic Cathedral, New South Wales.jpg|St Thomas Chaldean & Assyrian Church, built in 2006

Sport and recreation

The Marconi Stallions football club was founded in the area by Italian immigrants in the 1960s with the Marconi Stadium being built there in 1972 along with ongoing development of the licensed club. The eastern boundary of the suburb is adjacent to a large recreational park Wetherill Park Nature Reserve. Orphan School Creek winds through the suburb's southern fringes in Comanche Park, and walking paths run parallel to the creek.

File:BossleyParkNSWmarconi.jpg|Club Marconi

Climate

Like most of Sydney, Bossley Park has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) with warm to hot summers and cool winters. Most of the precipitation falls in the first four months of the year, with fewer rainfall amount during the middle of the year.

Notable residents

Mark Schwarzer – Socceroo goalkeeper and World Cup player.

References

{{Census 2021 AUS
Debbie Cramsie. (19 March 2018). "Sydney officially the most Catholic Australian city". Catholic Outlook.
(2009). "Cabrogal to Fairfield City: A History of a Multicultural Community". Fairfield City Council.
"Bossley Park". Fairfield City Council.
"Bossley Park High School". NSW Department of Education.
"Bossley Park Public School". NSW Department of Education.
"Prairievale Public School". NSW Department of Education.
"St Barnabas Church". stbarnabaschurch.org.au.

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