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Blacktown post office 1901

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Blacktown post office 1901

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National Archives of Australia

[B5919, 4/82]

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Blacktown

Western suburb on the country of the Darug people, which as 'Blacks' Town' became the site of the short-lived Native Institution in 1823. It was a separate town until suburban development joined it to Sydney in the mid-twentieth century.

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