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Meadowbank Railway Bridge 2004

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Meadowbank Railway Bridge 2004

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Bowie, Ian

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Meadowbank

Wallumedegal country until the Europeans arrived, the land was granted and sold to settlers, with William Bennett building Meadowbank House in 1835. When the railway linked Strathfield and Hornsby in 1886, Meadowbank was subdivided, attracting professionals who commuted to the city. By the mid-twentieth century, industry and public housing had filled in open spaces, except for parks along the river.

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Parramatta River

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Major tributary of Sydney Harbour, which flows east from Blacktown Creek to meet Port Jackson between Greenwich and Birchgrove. The river is tidal to Charles Street Weir at Parramatta, 30 kilometres from Sydney Heads.

Meadowbank

Residential and commercial suburb on the northern bank of the Parramatta River. The land was originally granted to surgeon William Balmain in 1794 and named 'Meadow Bank.'

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