Greenfield Park is a suburb

Suburb

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 of Sydney

Sydney

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, in the state of New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

, Australia

Australia

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. Greenfield Park is located 36 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district

Sydney central business district

The Sydney central business district is the main commercial centre of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It extends southwards for about 3 kilometres from Sydney Cove, the point of first European settlement. Its north–south axis runs from Circular Quay in the north to Central railway station in...

 in the local government area of the City of Fairfield

City of Fairfield

The City of Fairfield is a Local Government Area in the south-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.- Suburbs in the local government area :Suburbs in the City of Fairfield are:* Abbotsbury* Bonnyrigg* Bonnyrigg Heights* Bossley Park...

. Greenfield Park is part of the Greater Western Sydney

Greater Western Sydney

Greater Western Sydney is a term used to describe the western region of the metropolitan area of Sydney, Australia. The University of Western Sydney defines Greater Western Sydney as comprising 14 local government areas...

 region.

History

Aboriginal

Australian Aborigines

Australian Aborigines , also called Aboriginal Australians, from the latin ab originem , are people who are indigenous to most of the Australian continentthat is, to mainland Australia and the island of Tasmania...

 people from the Cabrogal tribe, a sub-group of the Gandangara

Gandangara

The Gundangara are a clan of Indigenous Australians in south-eastern New South Wales, Australia...

 tribe, have lived in the Fairfield

Fairfield, New South Wales

Fairfield is a western suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Fairfield is located 29 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Fairfield and is also partly in the local government...

 area for over 30 000 years. European

European ethnic groups

The ethnic groups in Europe are the various ethnic groups that reside in the nations of Europe. European ethnology is the field of anthropology focusing on Europe....

 settlement began in the Fairfield

Fairfield, New South Wales

Fairfield is a western suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Fairfield is located 29 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Fairfield and is also partly in the local government...

 area in the early 19th century. Greenfield Park was named after a major road that cuts through the Council Ward of St Johns. It officially became a suburb on 3 August 1979.

Schools

Greenfield Park is home to St. Johns Park High School

St. Johns Park High School

St Johns Park High School, or otherwise known within the school as SJPHS, is a comprehensive state school in the suburb of Fairfield in Sydney, Australia. It opened in 1978 and has a population of over 1,250 students. In 2002, the student population reached 1,238. The school is located at Mimosa Road...

, and St Hurmizd Assyrian Primary School.

Population

Greenfield Park has a population of 5,369 residents. In the 2006 Census, 40.2% stated they were born in Australia, with people born in Vietnam 10.4%, Iraq 9.6%, Croatia 2.7%, Chile 2.3% and Cambodia 2.2%. The top languages spoken, other than English, were Assyrian, Vietnamese, Spanish, Croatian, Cantonese. The top religions are Catholic 40.6%, Buddhist18.1%, Oriental Christian 9.1% and Eastern Orthodox 5.8%.

Transport

The T-way

T-way

T-way or a transitway is a bus rapid transit line in the western suburbs of Sydney, Australia.T-ways were conceived as an alternative to commuter railway services because of the lower cost and higher flexibility that they offer. T-ways can be constructed without the need for a dedicated corridor or...

 bus route opened in 2003 and passes through Greenfield Park. Also, a number of Westbus buses pass through Greenfield Park or nearby suburbs. Notably, the 804 links residents of Greenfield Park to both the Liverpool and Parramatta commercial areas.

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