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St Peter's church c1845

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St Peter's church c1845

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a623026 / PX*D 123, 9a]

(Mitchell Library)

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Urban growth in the Cooks River valley

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Urban growth in the Cooks River valley

Urbanisation, industry and pollution transformed the once lush Aboriginal hunting grounds and picturesque locale of the Cooks River valley into the inner city suburban sprawl we know today

Anglican

Religious building

St Peter's Anglican church St Peters

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Church designed by Thomas Bird. Its foundation stone was laid 13 July 1839 and the church was completed in November 1839.

St Peters

Inner western residential, commercial and industrial suburb, named after the Anglican church around which it developed. It is recognisable by the iconic chimneys of the former brickworks, now part of Sydney Park, built to take advantage of vast deposits of clay.

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