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18-618: Ingleburn may refer to: Ingleburn, New South Wales a place in Australia Tetbury Avon , a river in England, known locally as the Ingleburn Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Ingleburn . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to

36-450: A range of services including public and community housing, housing for people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds , support services for people with special needs linked to government and non-government agencies, private rental assistance and subsidies, advice and assistance for home-buyers, the development of affordable housing , community regeneration, and development and regulation of social housing policies. Initially

54-420: A small shopping area on Lagonda Drive. In 2017 Ingleburn Mall was renovated and many new stores were added and relocated. Ingleburn is the home of television playout centre MediaHub, a facility established through a joint partnership with WIN Television and ABC Television . Apart from the two networks, it also houses HD-ready playout for Seven , Imparja Television , and Fox International channels. Ingleburn

72-583: A suburb of Sydney , in the state of New South Wales , Australia, 45 kilometres (28 mi) south-west of the Sydney central business district , in the local government area of City of Campbelltown . It is part of the Macarthur region. Ingleburn is located approximately halfway between the two commercial centres of Liverpool and Campbelltown . The land in the Ingleburn area was originally inhabited by

90-531: Is a popular venue for football and softball teams. It is also used as the presentation area for the annual Ingleburn Alive festival's evening fireworks. Other sporting parks include Wood Park, behind Ingleburn High School where rugby league and cricket are played. Smaller recreational reserves and parks are located between Kingfisher Road and Currawong Street, on Matthew Square, on Currawong Street behind Holy Family Catholic School and another behind Sackville Street Public School. Memorial Oval can also be found on

108-446: Is also a car theme with Lancia Drive, Lagonda Drive, Bugatti Drive, Mercedes Road, Maserati Drive and Peugeot Drive becoming main thoroughfares and Fiat, Ferrari, Cadillac, Ford, Alfa, Renault, Rambler, Vauxhall, Buick, Leyland, Delaunay, Daimler, Stutz, Morgan, Sunbeam Place, Pontiac Place, Chevrolet Place, Delage Place and Oldsmobile Place being named after cars too. Milton Park, shared by the boundaries of Ingleburn and Macquarie Fields

126-471: Is home to the heritage-listed Ingleburn railway station . The station is on the Main Southern railway line . Ingleburn is serviced by six Interline bus routes: Ingleburn has many themes for the naming of streets. Chester Road, Cumberland Road, Cambridge Street, Oxford Road, Suffolk Street, Carlisle Street, Norfolk Street Raglan Avenue, Belford Street, Salford Street and Phoenix Avenue were some of

144-690: The Housing Commission of New South Wales and before that the New South Wales Housing Board , was an agency of the Department of Communities and Justice that was responsible for the provision and management of public housing services with the aim to prevent homelessness in the state of New South Wales , Australia. The agency was established pursuant to the Housing Act 2001 (NSW). Housing NSW provides

162-589: The Tharawal people prior to the arrival of settlers from the First Fleet in 1788. The first land grants in the area were made in 1809 to William Neale, Joshua Alliot, all previously soldiers in the NSW Corps. As such, the area became known as "Soldier Flat". In 1869, a rail platform was built on the old Neale grant and given the name Macquarie Fields Station after a property to the north. However, in 1881

180-537: The Council was merged with the City of Campbelltown Council. In the mid 1970’s, a large area west of the railway line was rezoned to become an industrial estate. Protests from local residents saw the plan halted temporarily but within ten years, the west side of the town had become largely industrial and remains so to this day. Multiple changes of zoning has occurred over lime from light industrial to heavy industrial. This

198-481: The Macquarie Fields estate subdivided to become the new village of Macquarie Fields . The fact that the station was a long way from the village caused confusion so a new name was sought for the station and Ingleburn was chosen in 1883. One theory has it was named after a local house formerly owned by Mary Ruse, daughter of pioneer James Ruse . Other records indicate it was named after a British town although

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216-537: The corresponding town has not been identified. Ingleburn is Scottish for "bend in the river", referring to the significant bend in the nearby Georges River . The village of Ingleburn was established in 1885 when the land owned by a developer called Fitz Stubbs was subdivided. A public school was opened in 1887. Ingleburn Post Office opened on 15 November 1886. By 1896, the town was large enough to have its own municipal council. Town improvements such as street lights and water did not arrive until after World War I . In 1948

234-476: The first streets in the town and are named after English localities. Birds are another theme with the main thoroughfares Warbler Avenue, Lorikeet Avenue, Currawong Street, Kingfisher Street, Oriole Place, Wagtail Crescent and Kookaburra Street, and smaller streets named after the magpie, jabiru, falcon, lark, ibis, dove, egret, kestrel, swift, heron, miner, jacana, honeyeater, lyrebird, whistler, fantail, swallow, sitella, brolga, swan, owl, quail, and triller. There

252-401: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ingleburn&oldid=1069420762 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ingleburn, New South Wales Ingleburn is

270-520: The role of the Housing Commission was to investigate housing affordability and standards, co-ordinate with associated agencies, publish its findings and general information about housing, take steps to improve housing standards and recommend further legislation. The commission was responsible for the provision of post-war housing in the 1940s and 1950s, often using cheap fibro materials due to shortages of other materials such as bricks. It

288-1025: The western side of the railway line adjacent to the Ingleburn RSL Club. Ingleburn RSL is located on Chester Road. Annually at dawn on ANZAC Day, a service is held to remember those that lost their lives serving for Australia. At the 2021 Australian census , there were 15,264 residents in Ingleburn. 52.5% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were Bangladesh 5.4%, India 5.3% Philippines 4.2%, Nepal 4.1% and New Zealand 2.6%. 52.1% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Bengali 7.2%, Hindi 4.8%, Tagalog 2.5% and Arabic 2.0%. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 22.1%, No Religion 19.5%, Islam 11.7%, Anglican 10.2% and Hinduism 9.7%. 33°59′8″S 150°51′13″E  /  33.98556°S 150.85361°E  / -33.98556; 150.85361 Housing NSW Housing NSW , formerly

306-481: Was also responsible for slum clearance in the 1960s and the replacement of terraced housing in the Waterloo area with high rise public housing towers. In the 1970s, the now-discredited American Radburn style of public housing was used, especially in the south western suburbs of Sydney . Phyllis Le Cappelaine Burke served on the commission for twenty years, from 1945 to 1965, and advocated for policies to improve

324-444: Was despite reassurances from the council that it would not affect the remaining residents. More housing subdivisions were made on the outskirts of town in the 1970s including Housing Commission developments. Ingleburn has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: Ingleburn's central business district is adjacent to the railway station and includes two shopping centres called Ingleburn Village and Ingleburn Town Centre as well as

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