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is a public girls high school that was established as a girls' comprehensive high school in 1957. There are 820 students (2006 estimate) from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds enrolled in the school. 84% of students are from non-English speaking background (NESB) which represents 46 language
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Birrong features a large number of community facilities such as six soccer/rugby league fields, tennis courts, a large natural park reserve, a bowls club, and a swimming pool. Birrong also has two high schools, Birrong Boys High School and
Birrong Girls High School, and a primary school. A small
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named after him. Development in the area of
Birrong increased with the opening of the railway in 1928. Birrong Park, an area that was subject to flooding, was drained as relief work during the
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group of shops is located on Auburn Road, featuring a barber, bakery, cafes, takeaway restaurants, IGA (including bottle shop and butcher), and hair salon.
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29.2% of people only spoke
English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 19.8%, Arabic 18.4%, Mandarin 7.4% and Cantonese 4.4%.
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47.5% of people were born in
Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 15.7%, China 5.9% and Lebanon 4.4%.
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One of the first settlers of
Birrong was Joseph Hyde Potts who was granted land in the area in 1835 and has
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The religious make up of
Birrong was Islam 24.9%, Catholic 19.8%, No Religion 18.5% and Buddhism 13.1%.
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The median age of the
Birrong population was 36 years, less than the national median of 38.
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of 2143 with neighbouring suburbs
Regents Park and Potts Hill.
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network. Birrong is also serviced by a bus network run by
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295:(1929–1934). The post office opened in 1955.
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758:118th General Hospital (United States Army)
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380:"Birrong (New South Wales Suburb)"
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1119:Bankstown District Cricket Club
376:Australian Bureau of Statistics
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1124:Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
1496:City of Canterbury-Bankstown
1414:Earlwood Aboriginal Art Site
1409:Duck River (New South Wales)
866:Public transport bus service
827:Canterbury Boys' High School
515:City of Canterbury Bankstown
234:City of Canterbury-Bankstown
104:City of Canterbury-Bankstown
1404:Cooks River Sewage Aqueduct
1394:Canterbury Bankstown region
1083:Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital
1037:Georges River National Park
807:Bankstown Girls High School
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1017:Canterbury Park Racecourse
435:The Book of Sydney Suburbs
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1449:Roselands Shopping Centre
857:Western Sydney University
842:Malek Fahd Islamic School
817:Birrong Girls High School
781:No. 1 Fighter Sector RAAF
328:Birrong Girls High School
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812:Bankstown Senior College
1129:Canterbury Bankstown FC
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1471:List of Sydney suburbs
939:Hurlstone Park station
523:Suburbs and localities
470:33.89306°S 151.02306°E
410:"History Suburb Names"
384:2021 Census QuickStats
280:word Birrong, meaning
1389:Bethungra, Canterbury
1012:Belmore Sports Ground
998:Sports facilities and
949:Leightonfield station
832:Georges River Grammar
231:local government area
1459:Wolli Creek Aqueduct
1399:Chipping Norton Lake
929:Chester Hill station
475:-33.89306; 151.02306
250:South-western Sydney
47:Auburn Road, Birrong
1172:Paulini Curuenavuli
1134:Chester Hill Rhinos
1088:Canterbury Hospital
1027:Dunc Gray Velodrome
847:St Euphemia College
542:Bankstown Aerodrome
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111:State electorate(s)
1419:Henry Lawson Drive
1374:Ashfield Reservoir
1307:Federal divisions
1062:Terry Lamb Complex
984:Wiley Park station
934:East Hills station
924:Canterbury station
852:Sefton High School
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1384:Bankstown Central
1197:Taj El-Din Hilaly
1148:Notable residents
1114:Bankstown City FC
1078:Bankstown Airport
979:Villawood station
964:Punchbowl station
904:Bankstown station
802:Al Amanah College
786:Sydney gang rapes
776:Milperra massacre
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959:Panania station
954:Padstow station
944:Lakemba station
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1227:Brett Holman
1167:John Burgess
1139:Sydney Bulls
1102:Sports teams
1000:public parks
894:Airport line
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697:Regents Park
682:Picnic Point
617:Georges Hall
602:Croydon Park
597:Condell Park
592:Clemton Park
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1434:Meccano Set
1301:Electorates
1292:Steve Waugh
1267:Akmal Saleh
1242:Ken Moroney
1217:John Howard
1162:Bryan Brown
1042:Jensen Oval
1022:Cooks River
727:Undercliffe
657:Mount Lewis
473: /
420:13 February
305:2021 census
70:Postcode(s)
62:2021 census
1485:Categories
1351:East Hills
1346:Canterbury
1287:Mark Waugh
1282:Ian Thorpe
1272:Bilal Skaf
1247:Kevin Moss
1237:Terry Lamb
737:Wiley Park
687:Potts Hill
632:Kingsgrove
612:East Hills
577:Canterbury
461:151°1′23″E
458:33°53′35″S
359:References
289:Potts Hill
278:Aboriginal
191:Potts Hill
174:Potts Hill
92:Sydney CBD
57:Population
1356:Fairfield
1341:Bankstown
795:Education
770:Nabberley
732:Villawood
717:Roselands
712:Riverwood
692:Punchbowl
642:Lansdowne
622:Greenacre
547:Bass Hill
537:Bankstown
445:, page 30
335:Transport
323:Education
263:Landmarks
246:Australia
116:Bankstown
79:Elevation
1321:Blaxland
1222:Hard-Ons
652:Milperra
607:Earlwood
587:Chullora
552:Belfield
389:5 August
331:groups.
257:postcode
252:region.
128:Blaxland
87:Location
751:History
742:Yagoona
702:Revesby
677:Panania
667:Padstow
637:Lakemba
572:Campsie
567:Birrong
557:Belmore
532:Ashbury
347:of the
343:on the
303:In the
272:History
223:Birrong
186:Yagoona
181:Yagoona
170:Birrong
140:Suburbs
32:,
25:Birrong
1336:Auburn
1326:Watson
1316:Barton
1187:Anh Do
722:Sefton
662:Narwee
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227:suburb
166:Sefton
149:Sefton
99:LGA(s)
30:Sydney
1311:Banks
768:HMS
439:ISBN
422:2008
391:2024
282:star
276:The
225:, a
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