Petersham, New South Wales
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Petersham Sydney, New South Wales |
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Petersham Town Hall, Crystal Street
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| Population | 7,529 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2049 | ||||||||||||
| Location | 6 km (4 mi) south-west of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Inner West Council | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Newtown | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Grayndler | ||||||||||||
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Petersham is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Petersham is located 6 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Inner West Council. Petersham is known for its extensive Portuguese commercial offerings, with many Portuguese businesses and restaurants, although only 151 (2%) of the population was actually born in Portugal and only 3.2% indicating Portuguese ancestry.
Petersham is bordered by the suburbs of Leichhardt to the north, Stanmore to the east, Marrickville to the south and Lewisham to the west. Taverners Hill, named after Fred Taverner, is a locality in the western part of the suburb.
Major Francis Grose sent workmen to the area in 1793 to clear the bush and plant corn and wheat. He named the area Peters-Ham or Petersham after his native village in Surrey, England. Petersham remained an agricultural area, winning awards for some of the best crops and stock in the colony in 1803.Kangaroo hunting was also popular in the area. The name was also used for the surrounding parish.
Dr Robert Wardell (1793–1834) purchased land from many grantees in the district and in 1831 his estate eventually stretched 2,000 acres (8.1 km2) from Petersham to the Cooks River. Following his murder by escaped convicts in 1834, the estate was subdivided. The train line from Sydney to Parramatta opened in 1855 and trains stopped here from 1857. A platform was built in 1863. The original Petersham post office became Annandale in 1855. Another post office opened as Norwood in May 1860 and was moved to Petersham station in 1870. The first public school opened in 1878.
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