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Cambridge Gardens

Field	Value
name	Cambridge Gardens
city	Sydney
state	NSW
alternative_location_map	Australia NSW metro Sydney
pushpin_map_caption	Location in metropolitan Sydney
coordinates
local_map	yes
zoom	13
lga	City of Penrith
postcode	2747
est	1981
pop	2030
pop_year
pop_footnotes
elevation	35
area	0.74
stategov	Londonderry
stategov2	Penrith
fedgov	Lindsay
near-nw	Cranebrook
near-n	Jordan Springs
near-ne	Jordan Springs
near-w	Penrith
near-e	Werrington Downs
near-sw	Penrith
near-s	Cambridge Park
near-se	Cambridge Park
dist1	54
dir1	west
location1	Sydney CBD

Cambridge Gardens is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Cambridge Gardens is located 54 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.

History

Cambridge Gardens is a relatively new suburb, having only been gazetted in 1981. It was formerly part of the suburb of Cambridge Park.

Aboriginal culture

Prior to European settlement, what is now Cambridge Gardens was home to the Mulgoa people who spoke the Darug language. They lived a hunter-gatherer lifestyle governed by traditional laws, which had their origins in the Dreamtime. Their homes were bark huts called 'gunyahs'. They hunted kangaroos and emus for meat, and gathered yams, berries and other native plants. Shortly after the arrival of the First Fleet in Australia in 1788, an outbreak of smallpox decimated the local indigenous communities and made it easier for settlers to dispossess them of their land.

European settlement

The first land grant in the area was made in 1831 to Phillip Parker King, son of the Governor Phillip Gidley King. It became part of the Werrington estate belonging to his sister Mary Lethbridge and was run as a farm until the 1880s when the estate was subdivided into smaller farms. This area was renamed Cambridge Park. In 1978, a second primary school was established in Cambridge Park and given the name Cambridge Gardens Public School. Three years later, the name was adopted for the surrounding area and the suburb of Cambridge Gardens was born.

Demographics

According to the of Population, there were 2,030 residents in Cambridge Gardens. 80.4% of people were born in Australia and 87.1% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 34.7%, Catholic 27.6% and Anglican 17.0%.

Governance

At a local government level, Cambridge Park is part of the north ward of Penrith City Council, represented by Lexie Cettolin, Kevin Crameri, Ross Fowler, Pat Sheehy (currently mayor of Penrith) and John Thain. At the state level, it is part of the Electoral district of Londonderry, represented by Liberals' Bart Bassett. Federally, it is part of the Division of Lindsay, represented by Liberal Party member Fiona Scott.

References

"Dharug Aboriginal History". Christopher Tobin.
"Penrith Local Suburb profiles – Werrington Downs". Penrith City Council.
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