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Community Hall. It has met here for over 14 years. It has members from all walks of life and towns around the Wollondilly area. Many activities are carried out throughout the week including bible studies and playgroup.
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The Church of the Sacred Heart began as the town’s community hall, which was built in 1937, and consecrated as a
Catholic church two years later. It is located on the south side of the railway station, and is now known as the 'Catholic Community Hall'.
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In the 2016 Census, there were 1,362 people in
Douglas Park. 81.0% of people were born in Australia and 89.3% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 32.7%, Anglican 28.7% and No Religion 17.0%.
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Baptiste de Arrietta. Douglass in time gave his name to the town, the final "s" of his name being lost due to a cartographer's error; de Arrietta is remembered by the locality "Spaniard's Hill", lying to the north of the town.
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Spaniard's Hill Catholic community had a Parish School in 1860. Douglas Park Public School opened in 1883. Buses and trains now carry the town's secondary students to high schools in the Wollondilly Shire and beyond. A
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Biography - Henry Grattan Douglass - Australian Dictionary of Biography
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Football Club in the winter and in the summer season Douglas Park
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870:Fisheries Final Report Series
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18:Douglas Park (disambiguation)
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331:Dr Henry Grattan Douglass
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1178:Towns in New South Wales
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670:"History of the Parish"
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307:Southern Highlands Line
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1157:Yerranderie
1092:Orangeville
1027:Camden Park
1012:Burragorang
423:Post Office
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179:Wollondilly
135:Postcode(s)
127:2016 census
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84:Coordinates
1172:Categories
1137:Warragamba
1112:Silverdale
921:2010-05-20
731:2010-05-19
680:2010-05-19
556:References
542:F5 Freeway
376:Population
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159:Sydney CBD
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16:See also:
1132:Thirlmere
1107:Razorback
1052:Lakesland
1037:Couridjah
458:playgroup
283:Australia
230:Razorback
191:Macarthur
165:Mittagong
144:Elevation
1152:Yanderra
1127:The Oaks
1082:Nangarin
1062:Menangle
1047:Glenmore
846:Archived
550:Yanderra
516:causeway
325:and the
218:Menangle
213:Menangle
152:Location
97:150°43′E
1142:Werombi
1117:Tahmoor
1087:Oakdale
587:13 July
524:fishway
371:people.
346:Picton.
317:History
299:station
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1147:Wilton
1097:Picton
1077:Nattai
1057:Maldon
1032:Cawdor
1022:Buxton
796:19 May
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