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Wattle Grove is a suburb

Suburb

The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...

of Sydney

Sydney

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, in the state of New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

Australia

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. Wattle Grove is located 30 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district

Sydney central business district

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in the local government area of the City of Liverpool

City of Liverpool, New South Wales

The City of Liverpool is a Local Government Area to the southwest of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.-History:It is one of the oldest urban settlements in Australia, founded in 1810 as an agricultural centre by Governor Lachlan Macquarie...

.

Wattle Grove is a residential suburb with a small shopping centre and a number of recreational areas such as Wattle Grove Park, Lakeside Park and Australis Park. Anzac Village

Anzac Village, New South Wales

Anzac Village is a locality in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.According to Geoscience Australia and the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales databases, it is not a separate suburb. It is part of the suburb of Holsworthy and Wattle Grove. It has also been...

is a locality across the northern part of Wattle Grove and Holsworthy

Holsworthy, New South Wales

Holsworthy is a suburb in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Holsworthy is located 31 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Liverpool and partly in the Sutherland Shire.Holsworthy is most notable for...

History

Wattle Grove was built on former Australian Defence Force

Australian Defence Force

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land. The original plans for a suburb were made by the government of Prime Minister

Prime Minister of Australia

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Gough Whitlam

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in the 1970s. Infrastructure was built and the suburb lay dormant until further developed by Delfin in the 1990s. The suburb name was officially changed from Holsworthy Village to Wattle Grove in 1992.

In 2006, Wattle Grove's tree-lined streets underwent significant change. Many of the casuarina trees (Australian Pine) that lined the main road were replaced, due to roots potentially damaging nearby houses or falling during storms. Native shrubs have been planted in their place.

Commercial area

Wattle Grove's shopping centre was opened in 1998, but in late 2005 several of the businesses were gutted by fire. The centre reopened in 2007 and includes a Coles supermarket, Gloria Jeans, Michel's Patisserie

Michel's Patisserie

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, hairdressing salon, fruit shop, real estate agency, pizzeria, pharmacy

Pharmacy

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, charcoal chicken, newsagency and other specialty shops. The Wattle Grove Club Hotel is within the complex.

Churches

A chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and St. Thomas' Indian Orthodox Church

Indian Orthodox Church

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are located in Wattle Grove. St Christophers Catholic Church at Holsworthy also services the Wattle Grove area.
Anglican churches local to Wattle Grove are St. Anne's Hammondville and St. Thomas' Moorebank.

Climate

Community

The Wattle Grove area was designed to have a strong community 'feel' under the redeveloping of the area by Delfin in the 1990's.

Today, it is possible to evaluate the success of this by the large numbers of young families walking the tree lined footpaths on the weekends, and the strong turnouts at community events, such as the Christmas Carols and the Annual Easter Egg Hunt in Australis Park on Easter Sunday.

Schools

Wattle Grove is served by three primary schools: Holsworthy Primary School, Wattle Grove Primary School and St Christopher's Catholic Primary School, in addition to secondary

Secondary education

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schools: Holsworthy High School, Moorebank High School and St Marks Coptic Orthodox College.
St Christopher's feeder school is All Saint's, which is located in Liverpool. Though many of the children go to Aquinas College, Menai, Saint Gregory's College, Campbelltown, Mount St Joseph's Girls College and St Patricks College Campbelltown.

Transport

Wattle Grove is well connected to other regions of Sydney due to its proximity to the M5 and M7

Metroad 7

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Motorways. Bus routes 901 and 902, operated by Veolia Transport, run within the suburb. Route 901 connects to Holsworthy railway station

Holsworthy railway station, Sydney

-Transport links:Veolia Transport runs three routes to and from Holsworthy railway station:*Route 901 - to Liverpool*Route 902 - to Liverpool*Route 902X - Voyager Point, Pleasure Point and Sandy Point-Neighbouring stations:...

and Liverpool railway station.

Wattle Grove Lake

Wattle Grove Lake is in Lakeside Park

Lakeside Park

Lakeside Park may refer to:* Lakeside Park, Kentucky, a small city in the United States* Lakeside Park , an office complex in the capital of Slovakia* Lakeside Park, formerly Lakeside International Raceway, an Australian motor racing facility...

. It is home to lots of water birds

Waterfowl

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Sport and recreation

Playgrounds are located throughout the suburb, as well as walking and bike paths leading to an artificial lake

Lake

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. Moorebank Sports Club, located nearby, provides opportunities for formal training in Rugby League

Rugby league

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, Soccer, Hockey

Hockey

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Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

, Cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

, Australian Rules Football

Australian rules football

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and Netball

Netball

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. The Sporting codes are associated with Moorebank Sports Club, all being in the same complex except Hockey and AFL which are located in other premises.

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