Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Bradbury

South-western residential suburb, which remained rural until the 1960s when suburban development began to displace dairy farms. It includes Sherwood Hills model estate.

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Bradbury

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Dharawal country until the 1810s, when settlers and soldiers moved in, leading to armed conflict, the Bradbury area was subsequently named for William Bradbury, a settler and pub owner. Tanneries and a flour mill were built, amid the dairy farms that dominated the landscape. In the 1960s new suburbs were built as Sydney expanded.