Colyton, New South Wales

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Colyton
Sydney,  New South Wales
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Presbyterian Community Church, Marsden Road, Colyton
Colyton, New South Wales
Population7,993 (2011 census) [1]
Established1846
Postcode(s) 2760
Elevation57 m (187 ft)
Location43 km (27 mi) W of Sydney
LGA(s) Penrith City Council
State electorate(s) Londonderry
Federal division(s) Lindsay
Suburbs around Colyton:
St Marys Oxley Park Mount Druitt
St Marys Colyton Minchinbury
St Clair St Clair Erskine Park

Colyton is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 43 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith. It is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

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Colyton, along with Erskine Park, are the easternmost suburbs of the City of Penrith. Its boundaries are Ropes Creek, the Great Western Highway, Marsden Road and the M4 Western Motorway. Colyton is one of the older suburbs in the St Marys area with homes on large blocks of land – primarily 1/4 acre and 1/3 acre blocks. Colyton is primarily a residential area with large sporting fields, Bennett Road Primary School, Colyton High School, Colyton Shopping Centre and the Life Education Centre. There is some industrial activity along Roper Road. Note that Colyton Primary School is not located in Colyton, but across the Great Western Highway in Old Mt Druitt.

History

Colyton is named after Colyton in Devon, England, which had been the home town of the wife of William Cox Junior, son of the famous builder of the road across the Blue Mountains, also named William. The property of 800 acres (3.2 km2) had been granted to Cox on 17 August 1819 by Governor Macquarie. It was located on the southern side of the Western Highway opposite the present Colyton Primary School. The land was only used for grazing and wheat growing. On 9 April 1842, a notice appeared in the Sydney Herald advertising the auction sale of William Cox's estate to form the 'Village of Colyton' with surrounding farmlets. The land was described as partly forest and partly alluvial with grass on it being 'abundant and nutritious'. The timber on the land was described as being fit for 'building and farming purposes' and the water 'abundant and never failing' from nearby Ropes Creek. [2]

Historically, the name Colyton generally referred to the area east of Ropes Creek. The present site of Colyton was originally part of St Marys.

Colyton Post Office opened on 15 October 1892 and closed in 1962. [3]

Demographics

According to the 2016 census of Population, there were 8,439 people in Colyton.

Transport

Colyton has convenient access to both the Great Western Highway and the M4 Motorway. Bus services are provided by Busways to St Marys railway station, Westfield Mount Druitt and Mount Druitt railway station.

Schools

Bennett Road Public School and Colyton High School are the two schools in the suburb. [4]

Bennett Road Public School was first established on 14 October 1961, serving the growing suburb of St Marys, with 230 pupils. Warren Kennedy was the first school principal. The library was opened in 1984 and the hall and a new canteen were opened in 1986. [5]

Colyton Public School (located in Old Mt Druitt) was established during the late 1800s. [6] Its new school hall opened in November 2009 and the canteen has been connected to the hall.

Churches

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References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Colyton (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 November 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg CC-BY icon.svg Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
  2. ↑ "Penrith City: Local Suburbs Profiles". Archived from the original on 19 August 2006. Retrieved 29 June 2006. Penrith Local Suburb Profiles
  3. ↑ Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Phoenix Auctions. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  4. ↑ Colyton High School
  5. ↑ Bennett Road Public School
  6. ↑ Colyton Public School
  7. ↑ Colyton Baptist Church

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