Winston Hills, New South Wales

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Winston Hills Sydney, NSW
Population:	7,000
Postcode:	2153
Location:	28 km (17 mi) west of Sydney CBD
LGA:	City of Parramatta
Suburbs around Winston Hills: Seven Hills Baulkham Hills Baulkham Hills Seven Hills Winston Hills Northmead Toongabbie Old Toongabbie Constitution Hill

Winston Hills is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Winston Hills is located 28 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Parramatta and the Greater Western Sydney region. Winston Hills is colloquially known as 'Winsto'.

Contents 1 History 2 Commercial Area 3 Schools 4 Sport and Recreation 5 References 6 External links

[edit] History

Winston Hills was named after Britain's Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) during World War 2. In the early days, this area was named Model Farms as this was the area where a model farm was developed to show settlers the types of crops that could be grown in different seasons.

Development of the suburb began in the 1960s, although there is also much bushland in the area with dense vegetation, creeks and wildlife. It was transferred from the local government area of the City of Blacktown to the City of Parramatta in 1972.

Some streets are named after great writers such as Bronte Place, Shelley Street, Twain Street and Homer Street which also links to other street names from Greek mythology such as Troy Place, Hera Place, Nestor Street, Ixion Street and Atlas Place. Other group of streets are named after great scientists Einstein, Volta, Edison and Marconi or Biblical figures such as Goliath, Gideon and Esther. ^[1]

[edit] Commercial Area

Winston Hills Mall is a shopping centre that features a Big W discount department store, Woolworths supermarket, Coles supermarket and over 75 specialty shops.

[edit] Schools

There are two state primary schools, Winston Hills Public School and Winston Heights Public School and a Catholic primary school, St Paul the Apostle in Winston Hills.

[edit] Sport and Recreation

Winston Hills has Girl Guides, Scouts and junior soccer, rugby league, baseball and netball clubs.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Winston Hills, New South Wales is at coordinates 33°46′39″S 150°58′40″E / -33.77747, 150.97788 (Winston Hills, New South Wales)Coordinates: 33°46′39″S 150°58′40″E / -33.77747, 150.97788 (Winston Hills, New South Wales)
• Winston Hills Girl Guides
• Winston Hills Scouts
• www.winstonhills.baseball.com.au

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