Chipping Norton, New South Wales

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Chipping Norton
Sydney,  New South Wales
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Chipping Norton Lake
Chipping Norton, New South Wales
Population9,412 (2021 census) [1]
Postcode(s) 2170
Elevation8 m (26 ft)
Location27 km (17 mi) south-west of Sydney CBD
LGA(s) City of Liverpool
State electorate(s) Holsworthy
Federal division(s) Fowler
Suburbs around Chipping Norton:
Warwick Farm Lansvale Georges Hall
Warwick Farm Chipping Norton Bankstown Aerodrome
Liverpool Moorebank Milperra

Chipping Norton is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Chipping Norton is 27 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Liverpool and is part of the South Western Sydney region.

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History

Aboriginal culture

There are two traditional custodians of the Chipping Norton Lake area – the Tharawal people, which inhabited the southern side of the Georges River, and the Darug people to the north and west of the River.

White settlement

Chipping Norton was a farming area throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, named after an old English village by William Alexander Long. Long was born in Sydney in 1839, and travelled to England to study law, and later lived in Chipping Norton (Oxfordshire). He bought up a number of former land grants in the area at the turn of the twentieth century and his homestead 'Chipping Norton'. The horse stud on part of his property produced many fine young horses. He died in 1915 and in 1919 the government bought his estate and subdivided it into farming blocks for soldiers returning from the First World War.

Thomas Moore, another prominent early settler, was granted waterfront land that is now part of the park. 'The Homestead' within the reserve grounds was built in the 1880s. Chipping Norton Post Office opened on 1 September 1920 and closed in 1974. [2]

As farming activities declined, the rich topsoil and underlying sand was mined. After 20 years of mining, the riverbanks were packed with dangerous pits and eroded banks. In 1977 the Chipping Norton Lakes Authority was set up to rehabilitate the area into parkland.

Heritage listings

Chipping Norton has a heritage-listed site:

Population

At the 2021 census, Chipping Norton had a population of 9,412 people. The most common ancestries were Australian (20.7%), English (16.4%), Lebanese (9.9%), Vietnamese (8.1%) and Italian (8.0%). 62.6% of people were born in Australia; the next most common countries of birth were Vietnam 5.3%, Lebanon 3.4%, Italy 2.1%, China 1.7%, and Greece 1.4%. 52.9% of people only spoke English at home, compared to the national average of 72.0%, with other languages including Arabic (11.1%), Vietnamese (7.8%), Greek (5.0%), Italian (2.5%) and Mandarin (1.8%). The most common responses for religion were Catholic 30.2%, No Religion 17.1%, Islam 11.3% and Eastern Orthodox 10.4%. [1]

Sport and recreation

Chipping Norton Lake and Lake Moore are the main recreational centres of Chipping Norton. They feature parks, walkways, barbecues and scenery. There are many other parks across the suburb.

Schools

Chipping Norton has four schools. They are Chipping Norton Public School, [4] Newbridge Heights Public School, [5] Moorebank High School [6] and St Joseph's Catholic School. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Chipping Norton". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 February 2024. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ Phoenix Auctions. "Post Office List". Phoenix Auctions. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Homestead, The". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H00214. Retrieved 18 May 2018. CC BY icon.svg Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence .
  4. ↑ Chipping Norton Public School
  5. ↑ Newbridge Heights Public School
  6. ↑ Moorebank High School
  7. ↑ St Josephs, Moorebank

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