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Marrickville Community
Indigenous Marrickville
• Originally land belonging to the Cadigal people who lived in the area for over 40,000 years
• They are the clan of the Darug people and spoke the Eora language
Special Dates • 1809- Free grants acquire land in
Marrickville• 1864- Marrickville National School
opened• 1865- Marrickville Post office opened• 1878- Marrickvile Town Hall and
Illawarra Rd opened• 1884- Marrickville Train station
opened- Now Sydenham station • 1889- Great Marrickville Flood• 1901- Marrickville’s population was
18,775 people• 1908- Marrickville Margarine factory
opened• 1987- Marrickville Metro opened• 1996- Marrickville Council adopts a
statement of commitment to the Aboriginal people
History of Marrickville Road
• Marrickville Road was part of the farms and grazing areas of the Wardell Estate
• 1880’s the population grew• 1895- railway link from Belmore to
Bankstown• 1914- Fire station opened• 1915- St Brigid’s Church opened• By 1919 the road is the centre of the
municipality
Immigration • Received pre and post
war migrants• Marrickville has the
largest shift in ethnic composition
• After 1967 White Australia policy was abolished and this raised the Asian Migration with increased numbers of Vietnamese immigrants
Factors of Change • Immigration quotas• Technology• Lifestyle changes• Transport facilities• Change in industry from
agriculture to industry to retail
• Socioeconomic status of the population
• Increase in housing prices
School Certificate Style Question
• Examine the challenges and responses to a changing Australian Community. In your response provide:
1. Definition of a community2. Challenges for Australia3. Some responses to these
challenges by local, state and federal government
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