Wentworth Point, New South Wales
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Wentworth Point Sydney, New South Wales |
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Looking across Homebush Bay to Sydney Olympic Park near Wentworth Point
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 Wentworth Point
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| Coordinates | 33°49′35″S 151°4′41″E / 33.82639°S 151.07806°ECoordinates: 33°49′35″S 151°4′41″E / 33.82639°S 151.07806°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 2,759 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 2009 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2127 | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 16 km (10 mi) west of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Parramatta | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Electoral district of Parramatta | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Reid | ||||||||||||||
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Wentworth Point is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Wentworth Point is located 16 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of City of Parramatta. It is on the western shore of Homebush Bay on the southern side of the Parramatta River.
This suburb was once part of the suburb of Homebush, named after Homebush Bay, the bay with a natural and artificial shoreline on the southern side of the Parramatta River. Homebush was established in the 1800s by the colonies assistant surgeon D'Arcy Wentworth. According to local government historian Michael Jones, "Wentworth is popularly credited with having called the area after his 'home in the bush', although Homebush is also a place in Kent." It is considered unlikely that it was named after the village in Kent as D'Arcy Wentworth was Irish and had no links to the English county.
The northern part of the peninsula had been named Wentworth Point and gazetted in 1976. The waterfront residential area was renamed Wentworth Point on 2 October 2009.Auburn Council sought public comment on a proposal to rename the Homebush Bay area, to remove confusion with its namesake suburb Homebush. The area encompassing Sydney Olympic Park was given autonomy as a suburb and the Carter Street industrial precinct was absorbed by the neighbouring suburb of Lidcombe, this brought the suburb of Homebush Bay to an end.
After much of the area was reclaimed from Homebush Bay, Wentworth Point was used for a variety of industrial uses.
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