Lethbridge Park

Lethbridge Park
Suburb
Lethbridge Park is located in Sydney
Lethbridge Park
Lethbridge Park
Interactive map of Lethbridge Park
Coordinates: 33°44′00″S 150°47′40″E / 33.73333°S 150.79444°E / -33.73333; 150.79444
CountryAustralia
StateNew South Wales
CityGreater Western Sydney
LGA
Location
Government
 • State electorates
 • Federal division
Elevation
46 m (151 ft)
Population
 • Total4,730 (2021 census)
Postcode
2770
Suburbs around Lethbridge Park
Ropes Crossing Willmot Shalvey
North St Marys Lethbridge Park Blackett
Tregear Whalan Emerton

Lethbridge Park is a suburb of Greater Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 47 kilometres (29 mi) west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Blacktown and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

Name history

Lethbridge Park takes its name from the Lethbridge family. Robert Copeland Lethbridge settled at Werrington on a land grant made on 1 January 1806, while his sister Harriet settled on the Dunheved estate.

The district's two pioneering families were united by marriage. Harriet Lethbridge was married to then-Captain Phillip Parker King (1791–1856), son of Governor Philip Gidley King and Anna Josepha King (1765–1844). Robert Copeland Lethbridge married King's sister, Mary.

Robert Lethbridge in October 1865 aged 66 upon his death resided in Ashfield, and was survived by his wife. Mary died in December 1872, aged 67. His second son J(ohn) King Lethbridge died in May 1900, having built Werrington House, had been a magistrate and coroner, and left a wife, four sons, and four daughters. Descendants continued to live in the area.

Suburb history

The suburb was created in the 1960s when Mount Druitt was being developed.

In the 1970s there was an active rugby league and soccer sports presence.

Education

Lethbridge Park Primary School is a public school covering kindergarten to Grade 6.

Notable persons

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Lethbridge Park (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 September 2024. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. 1 2 "Lethbridge Park | The Dictionary of Sydney". dictionaryofsydney.org. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  3. ↑ "Penrith City History – Town Foundation: Early Town Plans and Subsequent Speculative Subdivision". penrithcity.nsw.gov.au. Archived from the original on 5 August 2008.
  4. ↑ "Ecclesiastical jurisdiction". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 213. New South Wales, Australia. 17 October 1865. p. 2315. Retrieved 21 October 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. LXVI, no. 10, 791. New South Wales, Australia. 18 December 1872. p. 1. Retrieved 21 October 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Death of Mr. J. K. Lethbridge". The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser. Vol. LXIX, no. 2079. New South Wales, Australia. 12 May 1900. p. 1096. Retrieved 21 October 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "50 years ago". Nepean Times. Vol. 68, no. 4749. New South Wales, Australia. 11 May 1950. p. 2 (Supplement to The Nepean Times). Retrieved 21 October 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "The Late Mr. J. K. Lethbrldge". Nepean Times. Vol. 65, no. 4910. New South Wales, Australia. 19 February 1948. p. 8. Retrieved 21 October 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ "Rugby league". Windsor and Richmond Gazette. Vol. 84, no. 50. New South Wales, Australia. 14 July 1971. p. 8. Retrieved 21 October 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ↑ "Soccer". Windsor and Richmond Gazette. Vol. 84, no. 38. New South Wales, Australia. 21 April 1971. p. 7. Retrieved 21 October 2026 – via National Library of Australia.