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Annandale

Suburb

Inner-western suburb bounded by Rozelle Bay to the north and Parramatta Road to the south. It began as farmland granted to Captain George Johnston of the New South Wales Corps in stages between 1793 and 1799, and was later subdivided with wide regular streets on a rectilinear pattern with large lots.

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Name
Commemorates
Annandale Farm
Property
Administered by
Leichhardt Council
- 2016
Part of
Leichhardt local government area
- 2016
Administered by
Inner West Council
2016 -
Part of
Inner West local government area
2016 -
Type
Suburb

Annandale

CC BY-SA 2.0
by
Alan Roberts
,
2008

Part of the traditional lands of the Eora people, Annandale was farmed for much of the nineteenth century, before being subdivided into a Victorian townscape. The suburb catered for the well-to-do and the working classes, and from mid-twentieth century has also housed new migrants, and the returning middle class residents who value its heritage buildings and proximity to the city.

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