Liberty Plains Parish is one of the 57 parishes of Cumberland County, New South Wales

Cumberland County, New South Wales

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, a cadastral unit

Cadastral divisions of New South Wales

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 for use on land titles. It is bounded by Parramatta Road

Parramatta Road

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 in the north; the area between Flemington

Flemington, New South Wales

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 and Homebush

Homebush, New South Wales

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, a small part of Cooks River

Cooks River

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 and Liverpool Road (Hume Highway

Hume Highway

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) in the east; the Hume Highway also in the south; and Woodville Road in the west. It includes the suburbs of Auburn

Auburn, New South Wales

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, Regents Park

Regents Park, New South Wales

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, Potts Hill

Potts Hill, New South Wales

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, Chester Hill

Chester Hill, New South Wales

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, Bass Hill

Bass Hill, New South Wales

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 and Lidcombe

Lidcombe, New South Wales

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. It also includes the Rookwood Cemetery

Rookwood Cemetery

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. Before the parish was proclaimed in 1835, the Liberty Plains district was in the same area. The name had been given when the first settlers had desired a settlement midway between Parramatta

Parramatta, New South Wales

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 and Sydney city. The name is still used on a motor inn in the area. In the 1851 census there were 49
houses and 270 people in the Liberty Plains parish.