Horsley Park is a suburb

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 of Sydney

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 in the state of New South Wales

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, Australia

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. Horsley Park is located 39 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district

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 in the local government area of the City of Fairfield

City of Fairfield

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. Horsley Park is part of the Greater Western Sydney

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 region. It is a semi-rural suburb, located 5 km west of Wetherill Park

Wetherill Park, New South Wales

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 and 11 km north-west of Fairfield

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History

Aboriginal

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 people from the Cabrogal tribe, a sub-group of the Gandangara tribe, have lived in the Fairfield area for over 30 000 years. European settlement began in Fairfield in the early 19th century. Horsley Park was originally part of Colonel George Johnston’s 2000 acres (8.1 km²) property “Kings Gift”, which was given to him by Governor King

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 for his part in putting down the Irish Rebellion

Irish Rebellion

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 at Vinegar Hill

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 in 1804. After his death it passed to his daughter Blanche who in 1829 married Major George Nicholas Weston. He built an Indian

British Raj

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 colonial style homestead on the property and named it “Horsley” after his birthplace in Surrey

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, England

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. Horsley Homestead is one of the few remaining early colonial buildings in the Fairfield district today protected by The Australian Heritage National Trust. In 1959, the Horsley Dri (so named because it leads to Horsley Park) opened up as a continuous route from Lansvale. Horsley Park Public School was opened in 1931.

Today, Horsley Park is known to have a rich Italian and Maltese heritage residing. It is also known for being the original location for the formation of Club Marconi.

Commercial area

There is a number of small farms in the area. A small group of shops is located on the main street, The Horsley Drive, including a grocer, lolly shop, newsagent and firearms store.

Schools

The Horsley Park area contains two Schools to provide to the residents of Horsley park and Surrounding areas. There is a Catholic Primary School (Conjoined with the local Catholic Church) and a local Primary State School which has been servicing the area since the 1930's.

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