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Ermington shops c1958

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Ermington shops c1958

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State Library of New South Wales

[d2_11088 / GPO2 11088]

(Mitchell Library)

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Ermington

Traditional country of the Barramattagal people, the land that became Ermington was granted by Governor Phillip to convicts and marines in the 1790s. It remained semi-rural well into the twentieth century, with orchards, poultry farms and nurseries only giving way to suburban development after World War II.

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Ermington

Western residential suburb on the northern banks of the Parramatta River. It was largely rural until after the Second World War when the New South Wales Housing Commission built estates there.

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