Hammondville, New South Wales
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| Hammondville Sydney, New South Wales |
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| Population: | approx. 3,000 (2001 census) | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1933 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 2170 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 1.9 km² | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD $384,000 (2005) | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 31 km from Sydney | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | Liverpool | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Menai | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Hughes | ||||||||||||
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Hammondville is a suburb, in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 31km south west of the Sydney central business district in the City of Liverpool.
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[edit] History
Hammondville was originally a settlement for destitute families during the Great Depression. It was founded in 1933 by Minister Robert Hammond from St Barnabas on Broadway, in the city centre of Sydney.
[edit] Recreation
Located next to a soccer and football field, Hammondville also has netball courts, baseball diamonds and cricket nets along Heathcoate Rd.
[edit] Parks
In 1988, the Lieutenant Cantello Reserve was unveiled by the citizens of Bankstown in the Bicentennial Project. Located on the eastern side of the village the memorial stands in memory of Lt George Leo Cantello who died in a plane crash whilst defending Australia on June 8, 1942.[1]
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
- Hammondville, a political perspective
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