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Wiley Park, New South Wales

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Wiley Park was formerly inhabited largely by Anglo Celtic residents of a working-class background. The suburb has become an increasingly multicultural suburb from the late 1970s onwards, with many residents born overseas or having parents born overseas, from countries such as Lebanon, Vietnam, Italy,
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Until the 1980s, Wiley Park included a large velodrome that held events including Australian Championships and hosted concerts by a range of artists including Johnny O'Keefe. Cycling in the area was a popular sport, and a famous cycling store was operated by Jack Walsh in the adjoining suburb of
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Punchbowl for 50 years. Unfortunately the council allowed the velodrome to fall into disrepair and removed it without community consultation, replacing part of its area with an amphitheatre. Some sources cite that the loss of the velodrome was due to road widening.
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Wiley Park is named after the reserve of 20 acres (81,000 m) that was bequeathed in the will of Mr. J.V. Wiley in 1906 for a park and recreational ground for local residents. Wiley was a shoemaker who died unmarried and without children.
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At the time the bequest caused some dissent with the local council but after much debate at a public meeting it was decided to accept the bequest. This park is bounded by King Georges Road, Canterbury Road, Clio Street and Edge Street.
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Wiley Park, on the corner of King Georges and Canterbury roads currently has a recreational area over 2.5 km. It has a large pond, and houses the Wiley Park Bicentennial Amphitheatre where local events such as
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A small shopping strip is located on King Georges Road, near the Wiley Park railway station. The adjoining suburbs have a greater degree of commercial activity. The suburb is also close to the large
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The 20 acres (81,000 m) now comprising Wiley Park was initially part of 60 acres (240,000 m) of land granted to Robert Wilkinson in 1832. It passed to the Wiley family in 1862.
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Lakemba Public School was established on its present site around 1913. It has an "opportunity class" for Years 5 and 6 students in the region was located at the school for many years.
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Wiley Park Public School (formerly the Years 3-6 part of Lakemba Public School until 1984) and Lakemba Public School are located on opposite sides of King Georges Road.
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King Georges Road is a main road running through Wiley Park that starts as Wiley Avenue, to the north in
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The amphitheater and its inside meeting room is now the home of Horizon Theatre Company.
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in the south and beyond. Canterbury Road runs along the southern border of the suburb.
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4.2%, a further 8.3% of respondents elected not to disclose their religion.
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with 3.5%. The most common responses for religion in Wiley Park were
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Greece, the Philippines and the Pacific Islands. At the
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Index

Sydney
New South Wales

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Postcode(s)
Sydney CBD
LGA(s)
City of Canterbury-Bankstown
State electorate(s)
Lakemba
Federal division(s)
Watson
Punchbowl
Punchbowl
Lakemba
Punchbowl
Lakemba
Roselands
Roselands
Roselands
suburb
south-western Sydney
New South Wales
Australia
Sydney central business district
City of Canterbury-Bankstown

Roselands Shopping Centre
Cao Dai
Vin Wallace

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