Flemington, New South Wales

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Flemington
Sydney, NSW

Sydney Markets Plaza, Flemington

Postcode:

2129

Location:

16 km (10 mi) west of Sydney CBD

LGA:

Municipality of Strathfield

State District:

Strathfield

Federal Division:

Lowe

Suburbs around Flemington:
Homebush Bay	Homebush Bay	Homebush Bay
Lidcombe	Flemington	Homebush
Lidcombe	Homebush West	Homebush

Flemington is an Inner West suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Flemington is located 16 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Strathfield.

1 Commercial Area
2 Transport
3 History
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Commercial Area

Flemington is devoted to commercial developments. The area between Flemington railway station and Parramatta Road is the site of Sydney Markets. The markets feature a number of divisions including Produce, Flowers, Growers, Fresh Food, Motor, Swap & Sell, Paddy's Markets and Sydney Markets Plaza. ^[1] Sydney Markets Plaza features a supermarket, hotel, post office and many specialty shops below an office building. A small group of shops is located immediately south of Flemington railway station, in the area known as Homebush West.

Paddy's Markets

Flower Markets

Sydney Markets entrance

Flemington Railway Station

[edit] Transport

Flemington railway station is on the Inner West line and South line of the CityRail network. Parramatta Road and the M4 Western Motorway run along the northern border of the Flemington. Homebush Bay Drive forms the western border.

[edit] History

This area was originally known Liberty Plains but was called Flemington by John Fleming, who was granted 200 acres here in 1806. The bush was turned into paddocks and later was the site of a cattle saleyard. In the early 1970s, the Sydney Markets were built at Flemington to relieve the Paddy's Markets at Haymarket, in the city. Since the establishment of Sydney Markets at Flemington in 1975, the residential part of the suburb, south of the railway line became known as Homebush West.

[edit] References

The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8
Jones, Michael (1985). Oasis in the West: Strathfield's first hundred years. North Sydney: Allen & Unwin Australia. ISBN 0-86861-407-6.