Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Glenfield

South-western residential suburb between Campbelltown and Liverpool. The original homestead (1816) was named by explorer Dr James Throsby after his birthplace near Leicester in England.

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Glenfield

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2008

From a land grant to emancipist James Meehan, Glenfield was to become one of the fastest growing suburbs in the Campbelltown area.