Auburn, New South Wales
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Auburn is a suburb in the Local Government Area of Auburn Council in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, about 15 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district. The suburb has a train station (on the South line and Western line) and a hospital with basic 24-hour emergency facilities on Norval and Hargrave Streets. Its postcode is 2144.
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| Sydney suburbs near Auburn (Auburn Council) |
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| Granville | Rosehill | Silverwater |
| South Granville | Auburn | Lidcombe |
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| Chester Hill | Sefton and Regents Park | Berala |
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[edit] Culture
Auburn prides itself as having one of the largest refugee communities in Australia. With a very high percentage of its population coming predominantly from Lebanese, Turkish and Vietnamese backgrounds; Auburn also has the fastest growing Iraqi and Sudanese communities in the country. Whilst a population of 60,000 people from
[edit] Famous and infamous locals
- Jack Lang had a long and close association with Auburn, setting up a successful real estate business there. He went on to serve on the local council, eventually becoming Mayor. He died in Auburn in 1975.
- Warren Mundine is the first Aboriginal president of the Australian Labor Party. Born in Grafton in 1956, Warren and his family lived in Auburn in the mid-1960s.
- Neil Jenman, an advocate for ethics and consumer protection in real estate.
- Myuran Sukumaran, one of the Bali Nine.
[edit] Trivia
- Tooheys beer is brewed in Lidcombe, part of Auburn municipality.
- Harvey Norman's biggest store in Australia is located in the centre of Auburn.
[edit] External links
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
- Auburn Council website
- 2001 Census Information
| Suburbs and localities within Auburn Council | Western Sydney | Sydney |
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Auburn | Auburn North | Auburn South | Auburn West | Berala | Homebush Bay | Lidcombe | Lidcombe North | Newington | Regents Park | Rookwood | Silverwater |
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