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Urban sprawl

Canterbury

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Inner-western suburb bisected by the Cooks River which was a hub of industry during the nineteenth century. The area's first land grant was to the Rev. Richard Johnson, Chaplain of the First Fleet, who named it as a tribute to Canterbury in England.