Greystanes, New South Wales

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Greystanes
Greater Western Sydney,  New South Wales
Greystanes church.jpg
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church
Greystanes, New South Wales
Population23,511 (SAL 2021) [1]
Established1799
Postcode(s) 2145
Elevation57 m (187 ft)
Area9 km2 (3.5 sq mi)
Location25 km (16 mi) west of Sydney CBD
LGA(s) Cumberland Council
Region Western Sydney
County Cumberland [2]
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s) McMahon
Suburbs around Greystanes:
Girraween Pendle Hill South Wentworthville
Pemulwuy Greystanes Merrylands West
Wetherill Park Smithfield Woodpark

Greystanes is a suburb in Greater Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Greystanes is located 25 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Cumberland Council. Founded in the late 1790s, Greystanes is one of the oldest suburbs in Sydney.

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History

Frank Cefai laying the first stone at St Simon Stock Catholic Church. Frank Cefai First Stone OLQP.jpg
Frank Cefai laying the first stone at St Simon Stock Catholic Church.

In the early years of British settlement the area was known as Prospect Hill and was the site of the first land grants to emancipated convicts in 1791. From 1800 to 1840, the division of Darug lands into 'Crown Land Grants' was awarded to officials, military, free settlers and emancipists to farm. [3] In this period, it was one of several areas of conflict between the Darug people and the settlers, the Darug people being led for many years of guerrilla warfare by Pemulwuy. [3]

Greystanes began as a rural suburb in the 1850s and remained so until the 1880s. [3] The suburb was occupied mainly by large estates designed as rural retreats for gentlemen farmers, including Charles Whalan and Nelson Lawson. The area became differentiated into Prospect to the west of Greystanes Creek, and Greystanes to the east of the Creek.

The name 'Grey Stanes', given by Nelson Lawson, came from the outcrops of basalt on Prospect Hill, "Grey" being its colour and "Stanes" being the Scottish word for stones. The land was originally granted to William Cummings in 1799, before being acquired by the famed Blue Mountains explorer William Lawson in approximately 1810. [4]

The original residence in Grey Stanes, NSW Greystaynes on Prospect Hill, New South Wales.jpg
The original residence in Grey Stanes, NSW

In 1836, ‘Greystanes House’ was built by Nelson Simmons Lawson, on land given to him by his father, on the eastern side of Prospect Hill. [5] In 1942, Greystanes House was resumed for military use for World War 2. The building was demolished in 1946, but its gates still remain intact on Greystanes Road. [6]

In 1880, the Upper Nepean Scheme commenced to provide Sydney with a reliable water supply. Vast areas of land were resumed for the project including William Lawson's estate. The army of labourers involved in the construction phases camped in a virtual ‘tent city’ at near Hyland Road. [7] The Prospect and Potts Hill Reservoirs, Boothtown Aqueduct and Lower Prospect Canal Reserve were completed in 1888. [7]

Greystanes was officially recognised as a suburb in 1922. [3]

The Greystanes area was used for poultry farming throughout the twentieth century. Frank Cefai, a Maltese migrant, was a well known developer who built hundreds of residential homes and infrastructure throughout Greystanes and its surrounding suburbs. [8] In 1973, Frank was the main contribution to the record year of development applications at Holroyd Council for Greystanes and its surrounding suburbs. [9]

In the early 1950s, the Maltese community, in particular Father Camilleri, raised donations to help Wenthworthville parish purchase the land from a poultry farmer, upon the highest hill of Greystanes to build a new Catholic church, school and parish. [10] Frank Cefai began the construction of St Simon Stock Catholic Church. Dams were filled in and poultry sheds were knocked down. The original St Simon Stock Catholic Church is located where the current science block of St Paul's Catholic High School is. This church was also used as the classrooms for the St Simon Stock Primary and High School. [11]

The St Simon Stock primary school was completed in 1958 and its all boys high school in 1962. As well as parish buildings and a nuns convent. Frank Cefai built and helped fund the Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church and these surrounding primary and secondary schools and parish buildings. In 1975, Frank Cefai completed the construction of Our Lady Queen of Peace church. [12] [13]

From 1957 to 1965, the Parish was cared for by the Maltese Carmelite Fathers and Our Lady Queen of Peace Primary School was run by the Sisters of Mercy. From 1965 to 1988, The Dominican Sisters of Malta ran OLQP Primary School. Their Dominican Order coat of arms forms the OLQP logo. [14] The Blessed Imelda Convent at OLQP Primary School was closed in 1988 and moved to St. Dominic Hostel, in Blacktown, Sydney (which was built by Frank Cefai); leaving OLQP a fully staffed lay school. [15]

Pan Pacific Scout Jamboree (1952-53)

An original Commemorative Pan-Pacific Scout Jamboree postage stamp from 1952 Australia-1952-Pan-Pacific-Scout-Jamboree.webp
An original Commemorative Pan-Pacific Scout Jamboree postage stamp from 1952

Between 29 December 1952 and 9 January 1953, more than 11,000 scouts converged on Greystanes to attend the Pan Pacific Scout Jamboree. [16] Attendees came from all Australian states plus 16 other countries, including New Zealand, United Kingdom, Papua New Guinea, Hong Kong, Iceland, Malaya, Singapore, Ceylon, Philippines, Fiji, Nauru and Malta; to participate in a full camp program. [17]

John Frederick Colquhoun represented The Boy Scouts Association Imperial Headquarters and its Chief Scout of the British Commonwealth and Empire.

Culture

The Greystanes area was dubbed “Little Malta” by the Sydney Sun newspaper due to the influx of Maltese migrants since the 1910s who had settled in the area and taken up poultry farming or market gardening. By 1932, 30% of the produce sold at the Sydney fruit and vegetable markets was supplied by Maltese market gardeners. [18] Gozo Road, Greystanes is named after Gozo – the second largest Island in Malta.

Baiada Chickens, Cordina Farms and Pace Farm Eggs; were founded and operated by local members of the Greystanes Maltese community. [18] [19]

Former Maltese corner shop in front of OLQP Catholic Church, corner of Ettalong Rd & Old Prospect Rd Corner-shop-malta.jpg
Former Maltese corner shop in front of OLQP Catholic Church, corner of Ettalong Rd & Old Prospect Rd

The Maltese Club, previously owned by the Catholic Church, was located on the current site of Genista Aged Care Facility at 185 Old Prospect Road. The former corner shop across the road from the Catholic church, was one of many Maltese stores in the area, which sold pastizzi, kinnie and ravioli. There was also The Maltese Herald newspaper, founded by Nicholas Bonello, Vincent Pisani and Lawrence Dimech in 1961. [20] The Maltese Herald ran for fifty-two years with its final edition in 2013. [21]

Greystanes still has a large Maltese Australian community. The Maltese began a strong culture of Christmas lights and nativity sets in Greystanes. There are still displays annually, every December throughout Greystanes. [22]

Our Lady of Victories on display for the Maltese Festa, in Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, Greystanes PXL 20230504 084823988.MP.jpg
Our Lady of Victories on display for the Maltese Festa, in Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, Greystanes

In 1965, the fourth centenary of the Great Siege of Malta, the statue of Our Lady of Victories (il-Bambina - a patron saint of Malta) arrived in Greystanes to the great joy of the Maltese; not only from the immediate area, but also from many other parts of Sydney. She is the centrepiece of the Greystanes Catholic Community and Our Lady Queen of Peace church, and is the centrepiece of the annual Maltese Festa procession. [23] She is a hand crafted statue from Bolzano, Italy; a replica of il-Bambina from Gozo, commissioned and funded by the Greystanes Maltese Community. Il-Vitorja or Victory Day, is a Maltese public holiday that commemorates the end of the great siege of Malta in 1565 and the end of World War II. It also coincides with the commemoration of the birth of the Virgin Mary (il-Bambina). Hereby giving the traditional name to this statue (Our Lady Queen of Victories) and festival (Festa tal-Vitorja). [24]

The first procession in honour of Our Lady in the parish was held in 1962, under the title of Our Lady of Lourdes. [23] However, since the arrival of the statue, the Maltese community have celebrated an annual Festa (il-Vitorja & il-Bambina) every October since 1965, in and around the Catholic Church (as every village in Malta traditionally does). [25] [26]

Our Lady Queen of Peace church and parish was intended to be named and dedicated to Our Lady of Victories, in honour of the aforementioned statue. [27] [28] However, despite hundreds of years of tradition surrounding this statue, the clergy of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Parramatta deemed it incorrect to have the moniker Victories attached to Our Lady. The church and parish were to be known as Our Lady Queen of Peace, when Frank Cefai finished construction in 1975. The statue of Our Lady of Victories is on display inside Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church. She is carried by hand, traditionally, at the annual procession of the OLQP Maltese Festa. [29] The statue is accompanied by the Maltese Concert Band of NSW, who also perform the ongoing celebrations. [30]

A pioneer to the Maltese community in Greystanes, [29] the longest serving member and president of the Greystanes Maltese festa, continuously for over 50 years, is Joe Spiteri. Having joined in 1966. [31] [32]

A scripted Maltese-Australian horror drama series called Greystanes, [33] was released via 18 short story episodes exclusively on TikTok, in 2024. A recipient of Screen Australia, NZ On Air and TikTok's Every Voice initiative, the series adapts Malta's Ħaddiela stories. The Greystanes series is directed by AACTA nominated filmmaker Ryan Cauchi and co-written by Matt Ferro (The Matrix, Happy Feet). [34] [35]

Heritage listings

Greystanes has a number of heritage-listed sites, [36] which include:

Notable residents

Some of the current and former notable residents of Greystanes include:

Religion

Greystanes has a number of Christian churches of various denominations:

Commercial areas

Greystanes Shopping Centre opened in 1970 along with the Greystanes Inn (known to locals as the GI).

The Greystanes Inn is famous for its Christmas Eve and Anzac Day (including Two-up) festivities.

Greystanes Shopping Centre is a semi-enclosed, single level shopping centre anchored by Woolworths, along with numerous speciality shops and service providers. Greystanes Shopping Centre was refurbished in 2014. [70]

Education

Greystanes is serviced by a number of educational institutions. The Department of Education schools are:

The private Catholic schools are:

Parks and recreation

Boothtown Aqueduct off Macquarie Rd Greystaneswaterbridge.jpg
Boothtown Aqueduct off Macquarie Rd

Greystanes contains a large number of parks, ovals, and sporting facilities, as well as the famous Cumberland golf course (officially established in 1938). [71]

The south side of Greystanes features the Lower Prospect Canal Reserve what is simply known by residents as the Canal. This reserve is connected to Grey Box Reserve. Many Small neighbourhood parks are scattered around the suburb.

One prominent park is the Canal Road Park, which is 70 metres above sea level and thus features a panoramic lookout of southwest Sydney. Originally it was a water canal once used to transport water from the Prospect Reservoir, but has since been decommissioned and converted into a cycle and walkway. [72] Despite this, it is still referred to by its original function. The Canal features the regionally well-known Boothtown Aqueduct (as its original function was) located on Macquarie Rd, Greystanes.

The south-west of Greystanes contains the Gipps Road Sporting Complex and the Rosford Street Reserve, which consist of multiple ovals suitable for sports such as football and cricket. Around the ovals are large, open fields, suitable for other forms of recreation and a small BMX track in Rosford Street Reserve. The Holroyd Rifle Range and Pigeon Club [73] is located on Hyland Road, near the aforementioned sporting complexes and the Hyland Road Youth Centre and Men's Shed.

Demographics

According to the 2021 census, there were 23,511 residents of Greystanes. Of these:

Politics


Greystanes political information at a federal, state and local council level as of 2024. [75] [76] [77] [78]

Level Federal State Local Government Area
Jurisdiction Australia NSW Cumberland City Council
Electoral Boundary McMahon Prospect Greystanes Ward [79]
Representives Chris Bowen (Labor) Hugh McDermott (Labor)Diane Colman (Labor), Eddy Sarkis (IND), Nadima Kafrouni-Saba (Liberal) [80]

Transport

Greystanes is primarily accessible by road. At the Greystanes M4 Junction several major roads meet including: the Cumberland Highway, the Great Western Highway and the M4 Western Motorway. The fastest route from the Sydney CBD is via the M4 Western Motorway, exiting at the Cumberland Highway.

Greystanes is serviced by Region 3 Transit Systems Sydney bus services with routes linking to Parramatta railway station and Blacktown railway station on the T1 North Shore & Western Line and Merrylands railway station and Liverpool railway station on the T2 Inner West & Leppington Line of the Sydney Trains network.

Bus NumberrouteMajor Stops/ RoadsOther
800Blacktown Stn to Fairfield Stn
806Parramatta Stn to Liverpool StnMerrylands Station, via Prairiewood
809Merrylands Stn to Pemulwuy MarketplaceSouth Wentworthville, Old Prospect Rd, Gozo Rd
810XParramatta Stn to Merrylands Stn/ Nijong RdT- Way, Gt Western Hwy, Old Prospect Rd, Pemulwuy MarketPlaceFull week operation from 18 Apr 2021.
811XParramatta Stn to Pemulwuy MarketplaceT- Way, Gt Western Hwy, Old Prospect Rd, Bathurst StFull week operation from 18 Apr 2021.
818Westmead to Merrylands StnWestmead Hospitals, Wentworthville, Old Prospect Rd, Ringrose AveOperates on weekdays

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