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Old Guildford

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In 1876, a railway station was built on the line some distance to the north of the village and named Guildford because it was the closest settlement to the station. The settlement that grew up around the railway station became larger than the original village and ultimately took over the name
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in 1843 when it was sold by North, the name Guildford stuck to the region and the small hamlet which developed in the area around Woodville Road. In 1869 a school had opened and a church was built in the 1880s.
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Old Guildford had a higher than average number of families with children (58%) and the average family income of $ 1,035 per week was significantly less than the national average ($ 1,481).
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lived in small groups across the Cumberland Plain, including in the area which is now the Woodville Ward. The Bidjigal clan lived around the area which is now Guildford.
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speaking population (46.2%). The majority of the suburb's residents were Australian born with the next most common place of birth being
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Lieutenant Samuel North was granted 640 acres (2.6 km) here in 1837 and named his property
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4.7%. Islam was the largest religious group reported overall (49.8%).
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with the former settlement becoming known as Old Guildford.
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Old Guildford, New South Wales
Sydney
New South Wales

2016 census
Postcode(s)
Sydney CBD
LGA(s)
City of Fairfield
State electorate(s)
Fairfield
Federal division(s)
Blaxland
Suburbs
Guildford
Guildford
Guildford
Yennora
Chester Hill
Fairfield East
Fairfield East
Chester Hill

suburb
Sydney
New South Wales
Australia
Sydney central business district
local government area
City of Fairfield

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