Fairfield, New South Wales
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Fairfield Sydney, New South Wales |
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The Crescent Park
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 Fairfield
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| Coordinates | 33°52′14″S 150°57′19″E / 33.87056°S 150.95528°ECoordinates: 33°52′14″S 150°57′19″E / 33.87056°S 150.95528°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 17,032 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 3,870/km2 (10,030/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1856 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2165 | ||||||||||||
| Area | 4.4 km2 (1.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Location | 29 km (18 mi) west of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||
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| State electorate(s) | Fairfield | ||||||||||||
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Fairfield is a western suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Fairfield is located 29 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Fairfield. Though a very small portion of it is part of the Cumberland Council.
Fairfield is one of the most multicultural and culturally diverse cities in Australia, with more than half of the residents having been born overseas, mostly in non-English speaking countries. The majority of residents speak a language other than English at home, with the two most common ones being Arabic and Assyrian Neo-Aramaic. Fairfield is an ethnic enclave of Chaldeans, Assyrians and Iraqis.
For more than 30,000 years, Aboriginal people from the Cabrogal-Gandangara tribe have lived in the Fairfield area.
The earliest recorded white settlement in the Fairfield district is described in William Bradley's Journal where he noted an expedition from Rose Hill to Prospect Creek to determine whether Prospect Creek led to Botany Bay. Bradley described a place on the Creek where the water changed from fresh to salt with a drop of 4 feet (1.2 m). The presence of salt water confirmed Prospect Creek's connection to the sea.
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