Bonnyrigg Sydney, New South Wales |
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The Ming Yue Lay Buddhist Temple located on Humphries Road
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Population | 7,978 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 2177 | ||||||||||||
Location | 36 km (22 mi) west of Sydney | ||||||||||||
LGA(s) | City of Fairfield | ||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Cabramatta | ||||||||||||
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Bonnyrigg is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 36 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Fairfield. It is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.
Bonnyrigg takes its name from Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, Scotland. In 1803, Governor King granted land for the building of an orphanage. A two-storey Georgian house was erected in Brown Road and became the Male Orphan Schoolchildren's Residence. It was extended around 1914 and is now listed on the Register of the National Estate.
Bonnyrigg lies approximately 30 kilometres west of Sydney's central business district as the crow flies and about 36 kilometres by road. Its closest major regional centre is Liverpool. The suburb is shaped like a diamond. The suburbs of Mount Pritchard and Cabramatta West lie to the east on the other side of Green Valley Creek. St Johns Park, Greenfield Park and Edensor Park lie to the north. Bonnyrigg Heights, Hinchinbrook and Green Valley are to the west. Busby and Heckenberg lie to the south.