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In 1975, the
Maltese Monument was unveiled at Civic Park, Pendle Hill; with the President of Malta and builder Frank Cefai. It is a Bicentennial gift from the Maltese Community "to commemorate the presence, contribution and development of the State of NSW by the Maltese community". An annual memorial
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The railway station at Pendle Hill opened here on 12 April 1924. The first government school opened in 1955 and the first post office was opened in 1956 by
Postmaster Sqn. Ldr. Richard R. Purdie M.B.E. and his wife Elsie. Nearby "Purdie Lane" is named after these long time pioneers of Pendle Hill.
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who compete in the
Granville district Football Association and Pendle Hill Colts Cricket Club, who compete in the Parramatta District Cricket association, competitions at both junior and senior level. The netball courts are the training venue for Pendle Hill Netball Club Inc., who compete in the
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Wentworth was granted land to assist with food production to the Colony. European settlers commenced clearing of the land for farming purposes, including animals for meat, with local farms and merchants.
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George Bond (1876–1950), an
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Governor Arthur Phillip and his party in the pitch black (no streetlights or city lights), camping overnight on the banks of a creek (now Pendle Creek) on 25 April, 1788.
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with just over 50 specialty shops beside the railway station. It contains many supermarket, discount stores, grocery shops, specialty shops, real-estate agent, bank, and cafes, fish markets and butchers.
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and is attached to and now run as a child care centre. The subdivisions of land parcels were large and these two historic houses are heritage listed to protect our local history and culture.
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and family until being subdivided in the late 1800’s. The map of the
Toongabbie estate subdivision in the reference below shows Toongabbie station leading to Parramatta station as the
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Karskens, Grace. Holroyd: A Social History of Western Sydney. Kensington, New South Wales: New South Wales University Press, 1991.
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Imagine these two historic houses on Wentworth Avenue, Wentworthville were built before the suburb of Pendle Hill even existed.
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