Suburb History
- Fairfield
- Girraween
- Granville
- Greystanes
- Guildford
- Holroyd
- Mays Hill
- Merrylands
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- Pemulwuy
- Pendle Hill
- Prospect
- Smithfield
- Toongabbie
- Wentworthville
- Westmead
- Woodpark
- Yennora
Pemulwuy
Postcode: 2145
Named after Pemulwuy (c. 1750-1802), Bidjigal clan leader and leader of the Indigenous resistance against European settlement in the Prospect, Toongabbie, Parramatta Georges River and Hawkesbury River areas from 1795 until his death.
In February 2004 Holroyd City Council announced that former quarry and CSIRO sites at Prospect Hill would form the new suburb of Pemulwuy, recognising the Aboriginal significance of the site and the Aboriginal leader who played an important role in the history of the area.
Property developers, Delfin advertise the property development as Nelsons Ridge, Pemulwuy, recognising Nelson Simmons Lawson, son of explorer William Lawson, and owner of the Grey Stanes Estate, on which Pemulwuy is located.
Streets in this suburb are named after local Indigenous words and early land grantees. Driftway Drive is named after the drift way used by the CSIRO to move sheep about their sheep biology research site, and Reconciliation Drive is named in honour of the reconciliation conference held at Prospect Hill in 1805.
This suburb was also known as Prospect
See also: Greystanes
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