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View of the race course at Homebush, near Sydne...

View of the race course at Homebush, near Sydney 1857

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Mason, Walter G

National Library of Australia

Culture and customs

Sydney's pre-industrial culture was comprehensive and public, and most European inhabitants were players, performers or spectators. After 1850, distinct but overlapping cultures emerged, imported and adapted from Europe and America. New forms of cultural transmission after World War I enabled the elaboration of new cultures based on ethnicity, age and gender, which have combined to produce Sydney's cultural diversity.

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Homebush

Inner western residential and commercial suburb serviced by the metropolitan railway network, and crossed by the M4 motorway and Parramatta Road. Its name comes from the estate of D'Arcy Wentworth.

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Homebush racecourse

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Racecourse established by William Charles Wentworth on his land at Homebush, which operated from 1841 till 1859, with some races run until the 1870s. The site remained a training course and was later used for grazing cattle.