Burwood, New South Wales

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Burwood
Sydney, New South Wales
File:Burwood Post Office NOV2019.jpg
Burwood Road and part of the heritage-listed Burwood Post Office, designed by Walter Liberty Vernon.
Population 18,224 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density 9,100/km2 (24,000/sq mi)
Established 1814
Postcode(s) 2134
Elevation 30 m (98 ft)
Area 2 km2 (0.8 sq mi)
Location 10 km (6 mi) west of Sydney CBD
LGA(s) Municipality of Burwood
State electorate(s) Strathfield
Federal Division(s) Reid
Suburbs around Burwood:
Concord Canada Bay Five Dock
Strathfield Burwood Croydon
Strathfield South Burwood Heights Croydon Park

Burwood is a suburb in the Inner West[2] of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of Municipality of Burwood.

Burwood Heights is a separate suburb to the south. The Appian Way is a street in Burwood, known for its architecturally designed Federation-style homes.

History

Archaeological evidence indicates people were living in the Sydney area for at least 11,000 years. This long association had led to a harmonious relationship between the indigenous inhabitants and their environment, which was interrupted by the arrival of the British in 1788. The European desire to cultivate the land aided and abetted by a smallpox epidemic that forced the local people, the Wangal clan, away from their source of food and their spiritual connection with the land.[3]

File:SLNSW 796172 Burwood Rd.jpg
Historical view of Burwood Road

Captain Thomas Rowley (1748–1806) received a grant of 260 acres (110 ha) in 1799, and called his property Burwood Farm after Burwood Park, England. Following more land grants, his estate increased to 750 acres (300 ha). The grant stretched from Parramatta Road to where Nicholson Street and The Boulevarde are today and eastwards where to Croydon railway station is now. This is where he ran merino sheep on the property.

The first house, Burwood Villa, was built in the area in 1814, the same year that a stagecoach began running between Sydney and Parramatta. Burwood became a staging post along the road and the beginnings of a settlement started to develop. One of its most prominent early residents was Dr. John Dulhunty, a former naval surgeon who was appointed the Superintendent of Police for the Colony of New South Wales after his arrival in Sydney from England in 1826. Dr. Dulhunty became famous in the colony for fighting a gang of bushrangers that attacked his residence, Burwood House. He died suddenly in the house in 1828 but his son, Robert Dulhunty, went on to become the founder of the New South Wales regional city of Dubbo.

Subdivisions in the Burwood area in the 1830s propelled the growth of a village and by 1855, when the railway line opened, Burwood was one of the initial six stops on the Sydney-to-Parramatta route. The railway led to a huge growth in population. In 1874, the area became a municipality.[4]

Landmarks

File:Gayton 1.jpg
Gayton the home of Richard Jones MLC on Burwood Road, Burwood.
The Priory, Burwood Road

Burwood features many fine examples of architecture from the Victorian and Federation styles. St Paul's Anglican Church on Burwood Road was designed by colonial architect Edmund Blacket and built in 1871. Sir Donald Bradman and Lady Bradman, Jessie Menzies were married here in 1932. The church and its pipe organ is listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register[5] and on the (now defunct) Register of the National Estate.

Nearby Woodstock in Church Street was built in the early 1870s by tobacco manufacturer Edwin Penfold. In the 1940s, it was taken over by the army, later becoming Broughton Migrant Hostel, before being bought by the council in 1974 for use as a community centre.[6] Radio station 2RDJ-FM has been broadcasting from Woodstock since November 1983.

Further south on Burwood Road is The Priory, built in 1877 by local councillor Mowbray Forrest,[7] and Gayton, built in 1888 by NSW parliamentarian Richard Jones.[8][9] St Nectarios Greek Orthodox Church in Railway Parade was formerly a Methodist church and was built in 1879, listed on the local government heritage list.[10]

Running between Burwood Road and Liverpool Road is The Appian Way, a model housing estate conceived by George Hoskins at the turn of the century. The street has been described as one of the finest streets of Federation houses in Australia and is listed on the local government heritage list.[11] In the centre of the Appian Way is a communal reserve which was converted into a lawn tennis club.[12]

Heritage listings

File:Twickenham, Burwood, NSW.png
Twickenham, the remarkably intact Victorian Italianate villa of the Daly family still stands on Carilla Street, Burwood.

Burwood has a number of heritage-listed sites, including the following sites listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register:

The following buildings are listed on the (now defunct) Register of the National Estate[19] and/or local government heritage registers:

Burwood Park

Burwood Park was established by the local council in 1882 on land formerly known as Edrop's Paddock. The original design of the park was based on the Union Jack flag, although it was later modified to allow a cricket oval to be established at the western edge of the park. Other features of Burwood Park include memorials to soldiers who died in World War I and Sandakan, a rotunda, a playground, a lake and an obelisk commemorating the site of Burwood Villa, the area's first house. It is also the location for Carols in the Park each Christmas. Burwood Park is located on Burwood Road opposite Westfield Burwood.

Demographics

In the 2016 census, there were 16,030 residents in the suburb of Burwood, a significant increase from 12,466 in 2011. The most common reported ancestries in Burwood were Chinese 45.1%, English 7.0%, Australian 5.3%, Indian 3.9% and Korean 3.7%. 25.0% of the residents were born in Australia. The most common other countries of birth were mainland China 34.5%, India 3.8%, South Korea 3.4%, Nepal 3.0% and Hong Kong 2.8%. In Burwood, 20.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 34.0%, Cantonese 11.7%, Korean 3.7%, Nepali 3.0% and Italian 2.2%. The most common responses for religion in Burwood were No Religion 44.7%, Catholic 15.5%, Buddhism 9.3%, Not stated 8.6% and Hinduism 6.4%.[23][24]

Commercial area

Burwood Park
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Lake in Burwood Park
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Type Urban park
Location Burwood, Burwood Council, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Created 1882 (1882)
Operated by Burwood Council
Open 24 hours
Status Open all year

Burwood has a mixture of residential, commercial, and light industrial developments. The main shopping strip runs along Burwood Road, beside Burwood railway station. Westfield Burwood is a large regional shopping centre, north of the railway line, on Burwood Road opposite Burwood Park. Burwood Plaza is a smaller shopping centre on Railway Parade, south of the railway line. "Burwood Chinatown" (traditional Chinese: 寶活中國城; simplified Chinese: 宝活中国城; Cantonese Yale: Bóuwuht Jūnggwoksìng; pinyin: Bǎohuó Zhōngguóchéng) is an arcade connecting Burwood Plaza to Burwood Road, formerly named Murray Arcade.

File:Burwood Chinatown, Burwood Road.jpg
Burwood Chinatown's Burwood Road main entrance

High rise residential and commercial buildings are also found in surrounding streets and along the railway line. Commercial and light industrial developments are located along Parramatta Road.

File:Burwood Chinatown Laneway, Clarendon Place.jpg
Burwood Chinatown Laneway located on Clarendon Place
File:BurwoodNSW skyline 2020.jpg
Burwood skyline
File:Burwood Road Shops (Sydney) OCT2019.jpg
Shops along the busy Burwood Road

Transport

Burwood has excellent access to public transport and Burwood railway station is on the T9 Northern and T2 Inner West & Leppington lines of the Sydney Trains network.

Trams to Mortlake and Cabarita once travelled down Burwood Road; trams ceased in August 1948.

Transit Systems provide many bus services to Burwood, from Hurstville, Rockdale, Mascot, Kingsford, Strathfield, Homebush, Campsie, Ryde, Bankstown, Liverpool as well as other locations across Sydney. There are two terminuses, Burwood station and Westfield Burwood. Transit Systems' Burwood Bus Depot is located on the corner of Shaftesbury and Parramatta Roads.

Burwood North is a future rapid transit station to be built as part of the Sydney Metro West project.[25][26]

Residents

The following were either born or have lived in the suburb of Burwood

Sister cities

Burwood currently has five sister cities:[27]

Gallery

  • The Burwood Hotel, Burwood Road.jpg

    The Burwood Hotel, Burwood Road

  • Burwood Chinatown, Burwood Road.jpg

    Burwood Chinatown, Burwood Road

  • Burwood Chinatown Laneway, Clarendon Place.jpg

    Burwood Chinatown Laneway, Clarendon Place

  • (1)Southern Cross Catholic Vocational College Burwood.jpg

    Southern Cross Catholic Vocational College, Comer Street

  • Burwood house 4.JPG

    Deolee (c. 1891), Burwood Road

  • Burwood Greek Orthodox Church.JPG

    St Nectarios Greek Orthodox Church, Railway Parade

  • Burwood Park Sydney 1.JPG

    War Memorial in Burwood Park

  • Burwood Chinatown Sydney.jpg

    Burwood Chinatown

References

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  26. ↑ Sydney Metro West Project Overview Booklet Sydney Metro 21 October 2019
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