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