Blackett, New South Wales

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Blackett is a suburb in the City of Blacktown, in Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

The suburb takes its name from George Forster Blackett, Superintendent of the Government Cattle Station at Rooty Hill, 1820-1830.^[1]

Blackett is primarily a residential suburb with very limited commercial activity. It is quite close to the suburbs of Mount Druitt and St Marys, which most residents would be considered to be more commercial areas (having shopping centres, banking facilities and railway stations).

1 Housing
2 Schools
3 Transport Links
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Housing

Housing is very heavily dominated by public housing built throughout the 1960's and 1970's, with a large number of extensive terrace-style complexes and freestanding fibro houses. These are gradually transferring to private ownership and as this continues these government-built premises are being replaced with privately built, modern homes, similar to those being built in other areas of Sydney.

[edit] Schools

Blackett Primary School (founded in 1971) and Niland Special School are both public schools in the suburb.

[edit] Transport Links

Road bridge on the cycleway passing Blackett Primary School, showing artwork undertaken by local Pacific Island youth groups.

Blackett is readily accessed from the Westlink M7 and M4 Motorways. Westbus and Busways provide connecting bus services to both St Marys and Mount Druitt railway stations.