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Division of Blaxland

Blaxland
Australian House of Representatives Division
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Division of Blaxland in New South Wales, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created 1949
MP Jason Clare
Party Labor
Namesake Gregory Blaxland
Electors 103,539 (2016)
Area 61 km2 (23.6 sq mi)
Demographic Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Blaxland is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. The division was created in 1949 and is named after Gregory Blaxland, a farmer and an early Australian explorer of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales.

The division is based in the western suburbs of Sydney, and includes the working-class suburbs of Bass Hill, Berala, Birrong, Chester Hill, Georges Hall, Lansdowne, Lansvale, Potts Hill, Regents Park, Sefton, Villawood, and Yagoona; and parts of the business park and airport at Bankstown Aerodrome; as well as parts of Auburn, Bankstown, Canley Vale, Carramar, Condell Park, Guildford, Lidcombe, Merrylands, South Granville, Villawood, and Yennora.


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