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North Strathfield

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The suburb name of "North Strathfield" was gazetted in 1993, joining together the northeastern part of Homebush and the southwestern part of Concord and giving the area its own identity as a separate suburb. The suburb name remains seldom used, with many places in the suburb still identified as being
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than the two halves of Homebush are to each other, government planning documents refer to North Homebush and North Strathfield together, as the "Homebush Precinct", and Canada Bay Council in particular refers to a section of this precinct as the "Homebush North Precinct", even though no part of that
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In the 2021 Census, there were 4,618 people in North Strathfield. 45.0% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were China 9.0%, India 6.2%, South Korea 6.1%, Nepal 3.1% and Philippines 2.9%. The most common ancestries reported were Chinese 21.0%, Australian 14.9%,
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moved its factory to Homebush in 1908. Centred on George Street with direct access to the railway, the factory expanded over time and eventually covered a large portion of the present-day suburb of North Strathfield. The railway bridge immediately south of the Arnott's Factory site is a well known
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when the latter was established in 1883. The name "North Strathfield" came from the station, built in 1918. Although the station was in the western part of Concord, there was already a station further north called "Concord West", so the station took its name from neighbouring Strathfield to the
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and became largely residential. The Arnott's factory moved out in 1997, with the former factory site redeveloped into the "Bakehouse Quarter" retail and restaurant complex, although its corporate headquarters remains on George Street in the suburb. More recently, many high density residential
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English 12.3%, Italian 8.2% and Korean 7.6%. 43.6% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 9.7%, Korean 7.0%, Cantonese 6.2%, Nepali 3.1% and Italian 3.0%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 31.2% and Catholic 26.7%.
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North Strathfield has residential, commercial and industrial developments. A small group of restaurants and cafes is located opposite the North Strathfield railway station. More commercial developments can be found on nearby Concord Road in the "North Strathfield Shopping Village".
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factory in George Street has been redeveloped as the 'Bakehouse Quarter' and feature office space, restaurants, cafes, supermarkets and shops. Arnott's corporate headquarters remains at the Bakehouse Quarter on George Street. The head office and main call centre of
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A major landmark in the area is Ardill House (or Our Children's Home) in Davidson Avenue, which was built by in 1861 John Bibb for Henry David Bray. It was enlarged circa 1880 and is now on the Register of the National Estate.
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in "Homebush" (western part) or "Concord" (eastern part) in common parlance and even in some official sources. Because North Strathfield is much better integrated with
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south. Strathfield was the name of one of the large homes in the present-day suburb of Strathfield, which in turn was originally named "Stratfield Saye", after
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school. There is also a new Catholic School (opened 2015) - Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School.
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landmark and has carried an advertisement for Arnott's since the 1930s, and is state heritage listed.
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https://www.canadabay.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/North_Strathfield_Place_Fact_sheet_web.pdf
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In 2000, the Municipality of Concord merged with Drummoyne Council to become the
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Book of Sydney Suburbs, Frances Pollon (Angus and Robertson) 1990, p. 246
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With industry moving out in the late 20th century, the area has been
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NSW State Heritage - Homebush (Parramatta Road) Railway Underbridge
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operates two bus routes through the suburb of North Strathfield:
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Newspaper clippings about closure of Arnott's factory in 1997
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Strathfield North Public School is located on Concord Road.
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The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company, 1981, p.2/23
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Masterplan Urban Design Report - Homebush North Precinct
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The western part of this suburb was originally part of
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developments have replaced former industrial sites.
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Index

Sydney
New South Wales

2021 census
Postcode(s)
Sydney CBD
LGA(s)
City of Canada Bay
State electorate(s)
Drummoyne
Strathfield
Federal division(s)
Reid
Suburbs
Sydney Olympic Park
Liberty Grove
Concord West
Homebush
Concord
Homebush
Strathfield
Strathfield
suburb
inner-west
Sydney
New South Wales
Australia
Sydney central business district
local government area
City of Canada Bay

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