Leichhardt, New South Wales

Leichhardt Sydney, New South Wales
Leichhardt Town Hall
Leichhardt
Coordinates	33°53′5″S 151°9′26″E / 33.88472°S 151.15722°E / -33.88472; 151.15722Coordinates: 33°53′5″S 151°9′26″E / 33.88472°S 151.15722°E / -33.88472; 151.15722
Population	13,520 (2011 census)
• Density	2,961.7/km2 (7,671/sq mi)
Established	1846
Postcode(s)	2040
Area	4.565 km2 (1.8 sq mi)
Location	5 km (3 mi) west of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)	Inner West Council
State electorate(s)	Balmain
Federal Division(s)	Grayndler
Suburbs around Leichhardt: Haberfield Lilyfield Rozelle Haberfield Leichhardt Annandale Lewisham Petersham Stanmore

Leichhardt is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Leichhardt is located 5 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district (CBD) and is the administrative centre for the local government area (LGA) of the Inner West Council. The suburb is bordered by Haberfield to the west, Annandale to the east, Lilyfield to the north and Petersham, Lewisham and Stanmore to the south.

Leichhardt contains a mix of residential and commercial developments and is best known as Sydney's "Little Italy". Leichhardt residents and businesses live and work next to the Sydney CBD.

Leichhardt was once an area broadly inhabited by the Wangal band of the Dharug (Eora) language group. The 'Eora people' was the name given to coastal Aborigines around Sydney – Eora means from this place – local Aboriginal people used this word to describe to Europeans where they came from, and in time the term became used to define Aboriginal people themselves. Wangal country was known as 'wanne' and it originally extended from the suburbs of Balmain and Birchgrove in the east to Silverwater and Auburn in the west. It is unclear how many people were in the tribe, some research indicates in the broader Sydney region there was between 8000 – 10000 indigenous people, migration over the seasons and violence between tribes would alter this number at different periods. The northern boundary was the Parramatta River. Neighbouring Darug bands were the Cadigal to the east, the Wallumattagal on the northern shore of the Parramatta River and the Bediagal to the south.