Stanmore, New South Wales

Stanmore Sydney, New South Wales
Aerial view of the suburb
Population	7,702 (2011 census)
• Density	6,420/km2 (16,600/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	2048
Area	1.2 km2 (0.5 sq mi)
Location	5.5 km (3 mi) inner-west of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)	Inner West Council
State electorate(s)	Newtown
Federal Division(s)	Grayndler
Suburbs around Stanmore: Leichhardt Annandale Camperdown Petersham Stanmore Newtown Petersham Marrickville Enmore

Stanmore is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia 5.5 kilometres inner-west of the Sydney central business district. It is part of the local government area of Inner West Council.

Stanmore was named by a prosperous saddler, John Jones, who purchased land in 1835 where Newington College now stands and called it the Stanmore Estate. Jones named it after his birthplace of Stanmore,now a north west suburb of London. Land in the present Stanmore area was first allocated to colonial officers by Governor Phillip between 1793 and 1810. Thomas Rowley owned Kingston Farm which occupied the eastern half of Stanmore and much of Newtown, and a portion of George Johnston's Annandale estate covered the area south of Parramatta Road containing Annandale House built in 1799 on the hill between Macaulay and Albany Roads. It was from here where Johnston marched with his troops to Castle Hill on 5 March 1804 to quell the convict revolt and where he rode on 26 January 1808 to arrest Governor Bligh during the Rum Rebellion. The first Norfolk pines on the Australian mainland were planted along the line of Percival Road, leading to Parramatta Road by Lt Colonel George Johnston.