Ropes Crossing, New South Wales

Ropes Crossing Sydney, New South Wales
Playground on Susannah Drive, Ropes Crossing
Ropes Crossing
Coordinates	33°43′59″S 150°47′28″E / 33.73306°S 150.79111°E / -33.73306; 150.79111Coordinates: 33°43′59″S 150°47′28″E / 33.73306°S 150.79111°E / -33.73306; 150.79111
Population	1,479 (2011 census)
Postcode(s)	2760
Location	49 km (30 mi) west of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)	City of Blacktown
State electorate(s)	Londonderry
Federal Division(s)	Chifley
Suburbs around Ropes Crossing: Llandilo Shanes Park Willmot Dunheved Ropes Crossing Lethbridge Park St Marys North St Marys Tregear

Ropes Crossing is a suburb of Blacktown, Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Ropes Crossing is located 49 kilometres (30 mi) west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Blacktown and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

Ropes Crossing was originally part of the suburb of St Marys. The suburb is named as a crossing of Ropes Creek, a watercourse which is approximately 23 kilometres (14 mi) long rising near Devils Back Tunnel and flowing north into South Creek. The creek itself was named for Anthony Rope, a First Fleet convict who it is assumed was granted land fronting the creek.

The area was the site of a World War 2 munitions area, now formerly known as Australian Defence Industries or (ADI). The area had its own railway line which was electrified in 1957. When the line first opened on 1 May 1942, it only ran from St Marys to Dunheved at a distance of 50.350 rail kilometres from Central railway station and on 29 June 1942 the line opened from Dunheved to Ropes Creek at 53.010 rail kilometres from Sydney.