Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Auburn

Industrial suburb in Western Sydney which grew around the railway from the 1870s onwards. Now one of Sydney's most multicultural suburbs due to postwar immigration, it is one of the main Arabic/Middle Eastern centres in Sydney.

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Built on Dharug country, Auburn developed early industries of timber-getting and brickmaking but became an industrial powerhouse after the railway arrived. Postwar immigration has made Auburn one of Sydney's most multicultural areas.