Asbestos cement , genericized as fibro , fibrolite (short for "fibrous (or fibre) cement sheet"; but different from the natural mineral fibrolite ), or AC sheet , is a composite building material consisting of cement and asbestos fibres pressed into thin rigid sheets and other shapes.
12-454: Cambridge Park may refer to: Australia [ edit ] Cambridge Park, New South Wales , a suburb of Sydney Cambridge Park High School , Sydney Cambridge Park RLFC , a rugby league club United Kingdom and Channel Islands [ edit ] Cambridge Science Park , science park at Trinity College, Cambridge Cambridge Business Park , Cambridge Cambridge Park, Twickenham ,
24-620: A residential neighbourhood of St Margarets, Twickenham, London Cambridge Park (Saint Peter Port), a park in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey United States [ edit ] Cambridge Junction Historic State Park , a state park in Cambridge Township, Michigan Cambridge, Evesham, New Jersey , an unincorporated community which is also known as Cambridge Park Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
36-747: Is a suburb of Sydney , in the state of New South Wales , Australia 53 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district , in the local government area of the City of Penrith . It is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. Prior to European settlement, what is now Cambridge Park was home to the Mulgoa people who spoke the Darug language . They lived a hunter-gatherer lifestyle governed by traditional laws, which had their origins in
48-540: Is part of the Electoral district of Londonderry , represented by Labor's Prue Car . Federally, it is part of the Division of Lindsay , represented by Liberal Party Melissa McIntosh . Fibro Invented at the end of the 19th century, the material was adopted extensively during World War II to make easily-built, sturdy and inexpensive structures for military purposes. It continued to be used widely following
60-731: The Dreamtime . Their homes were bark huts called "gunyahs". They hunted kangaroos and emus for meat, and gathered yams , berries and other native plants. Shortly after the arrival of the First Fleet in Australia in 1788, an outbreak of smallpox decimated the local indigenous communities. The first land grant in the area was made in 1831 to Phillip Parker King, son of the Governor Phillip Gidley King . He named it St Stephens although it later became part of
72-485: The Werrington estate belonging to his sister Mary Lethbridge. It was run as a farm until the 1880s when the estate was subdivided into smaller farms, one of which became Cambridge Park. Development in the area began in the 1950s. Cambridge Park Post Office opened on 2 January 1953 and closed around 1995. Developed mainly in the 1950s, the streets are at right angles to each other, unlike the curving street patterns of
84-522: The newer suburbs to the north, and the houses are mostly fibro on quarter acre blocks. According to the 2021 census , there were 7,054 people in Cambridge Park. At a local government level, Cambridge Park is part of the north ward of Penrith City Council , represented by Lexie Cettolin, Kevin Crameri, Ross Fowler, Pat Sheehy (currently mayor of Penrith) and John Thain. At the state level, it
96-566: The reemergence of wood clapboard and vinyl siding in the mid to late 20th century. Asbestos cement is usually formed into flat or corrugated sheets or into pipes, but can be molded into any shape that can be formed using wet cement. In Europe, cement sheets came in a wide variety of shapes, while there was less variation in the US, due to labor and production costs. Although fibro was used in a number of countries, in Australia and New Zealand its use
108-503: The surface deterioration of asbestos cement can release toxic airborne fibres. Exposure to asbestos causes or increases the risk of several life-threatening diseases, including asbestosis , pleural mesothelioma (lung), and peritoneal mesothelioma (abdomen). Safer asbestos-free fibre cement sheet is still readily available, but the reinforcing fibres are cellulose. The name "fibro" is still traditionally applied to fibre cement. Some Australian states, such as Queensland , prohibit
120-533: The title Cambridge Park . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cambridge_Park&oldid=1047572891 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Cambridge Park, New South Wales Cambridge Park
132-512: The war as an affordable external cladding for buildings. Advertised as a fireproof alternative to other roofing materials such as asphalt , asbestos-cement roofs were popular, not only for safety but also for affordability. Due to asbestos cement's imitation of more expensive materials such as wood siding and shingles, brick , slate , and stone , the product was marketed as an affordable renovation material. Asbestos cement competed with aluminum alloy , available in large quantities after WWII, and
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#1732791320474144-537: Was most widespread. Predominantly manufactured and sold by James Hardie until the mid-1980s, fibro in all its forms was a popular building material, largely due to its durability. The reinforcing fibres used in the product were almost always asbestos. The use of fibro that contains asbestos has been banned in several countries , including Australia, but as recently as 2016, the material was discovered in new components sold for construction projects. When exposed to weathering and erosion, particularly when used on roofs,
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