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and 1985. They were also Amco Shield runner up in 1976 and
University Shield runner up in 1978. Ashcroft High also won the Buckley Shield in 1982 and 1987. Ashcroft Primary School also won the Westmont Shield, year unknown. Ashcroft is the only suburb that has one all major schoolboys rugby league competitions, Amco Shield, University Shield, Buckley Shield and Westmont Shield along with numerous Parramatta and state knockouts. Also in 1977 Ashcroft High played the curtain-raiser to the Grand Final replay between Parramatta and St George. They were narrowly beaten by the NSW CHS team.
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The most common responses for religion were Islam 23.9% and
Catholic 17.7%. The suburb of Ashcroft is somewhat unique in the fact that most of its residents are religious, bucking a trend reflected in the 2021 Census with 15.5% of residents marking themselves with No Religion compared to an average
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Ashcroft High School were the first co-educational school to win the Amco Shield (now called the Arrive Alive Cup). They won the Amco Shield in 1977 and again in 1985. In 1976, Ashcroft became the first city school to win the
University Shield for 31 years and went on to win it again in 1977, 1984
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The suburb was formed as part of the
Housing Commission's Green Valley development. It was named Ashcroft after the pioneering family in the district that gave the land for the site of this development. The Ashcroft family was active in establishing meat wholesaling and retailing activities at the
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The small
Ashcroft side corner shop which contains a food takeaway shop, a hairdresser's and a doctors surgery also boasts a mural on the side of the building on Carpenter Lane. The mural depicts a waterfall flowing into the ocean and a forest with a tropical bird and frog in the trees.
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in the 1890s. Although named earlier, Ashcroft was officially gazetted on 7 April 1972. Ashcroft Post Office opened on 3 May 1965 and closed in 1985.
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footballer and former coach of the South Sydney
Rabbitohs, a former Ashcroft resident and also attended Ashcroft High School.
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852:City of Liverpool (New South Wales)
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222:35 kilometres south-west of the
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404:2021 Census QuickStats
328:– former professional
292:Australian Labor Party
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228:local government area
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552:-33.92165; 150.89541
373:All Saints Liverpool
367:Sport and recreation
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459:. Crows Nest, NSW:
120:Federal division(s)
108:State electorate(s)
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732:Kemps Creek
727:Hoxton Park
662:Cecil Hills
647:Carnes Hill
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538:150°53′43″E
437:10 February
288:Mark Latham
261:2021 Census
75:Postcode(s)
66:Established
59:2021 census
841:Categories
742:Leppington
717:Holsworthy
707:Heckenberg
667:Cecil Park
652:Cartwright
535:33°55′18″S
499:2 February
409:2 February
400:"Ashcroft"
379:References
312:finalists
178:Cartwright
146:Heckenberg
89:Sydney CBD
54:Population
772:Moorebank
752:Luddenham
747:Liverpool
697:Greendale
637:Bringelly
632:Bradfield
249:Liverpool
226:, in the
220:Australia
188:Liverpool
171:Liverpool
156:Liverpool
113:Liverpool
802:Wallacia
787:Rossmore
782:Prestons
612:Ashcroft
493:Archived
455:(2005).
336:Ben Te'o
314:Mahogany
309:X-Factor
204:Ashcroft
167:Ashcroft
84:Location
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792:Sadleir
617:Austral
238:History
230:of the
163:Sadleir
137:Suburbs
125:Werriwa
32:,
767:Miller
757:Lurnea
657:Casula
627:Bardia
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30:Sydney
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