Sefton, New South Wales
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Suburb
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of local government area City of Bankstown
City of Bankstown
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, is located 23 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district
Sydney central business district
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, in the state of New South Wales
New South Wales
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, Australia
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, and is a part of the Western Sydney
Western Sydney
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region.
Sefton shares the post code of 2162 with the neighbouring suburb of Chester Hill
Chester Hill, New South Wales
Chester Hill, a suburb of local government area City of Bankstown is located 25 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region...
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History
The name Sefton was taken from SeftonSefton
The Metropolitan Borough of Sefton is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England. Its local authority is Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council...
in Merseyside
Merseyside
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, England
England
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. James Wood
James Wood
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gave the name 'Sefton Park' to the 340 acres (1.4 km²) of land granted to him in 1839. Prior to subdivision, Sefton was an area of market gardens, orchards and poultry farms. It was the birthplace of property group Stockland
Stockland
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in 1952. http://www.bankstown.nsw.gov.au//coun/about/suburbGetItsName.cfm
Transport and commercial area
Sefton railway station is on the Inner West Line of the CityRailCityRail
CityRail is an operating brand of RailCorp, a corporation owned by the state government of New South Wales, Australia. It is responsible for providing commuter rail services, and some coach services, in and around Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong, the three largest cities of New South Wales. It is...
network. There is a small shopping centre clustered around the railway station including Sefton Growers Market, Sefton Newsagency and a Thai/Australian bistro adjacent to the newsagency.
Schools
Sefton Infants School is a small public school catering for years Kindergarten to Year 2 and also includes a pre-school. Sefton High SchoolSefton High School
Sefton High School is a partially selective high school in Sefton, Sydney, Australia. It is a full day, co-educational secondary school, and is a public school operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training....
is a co-educational, partially selective, high school with just over 1000 students. Sefton's selective-school section operates from years 7 - 10 and years 11 - 12 are integrated into the community section of the school. Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic School is a co-educational primary school catering from Kindergarten to Year 6 and is adjacent to the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church.
Sport and recreation
A number of sporting facilities are located around Sefton. This includes Jensen OvalJensen Oval
Jensen Oval is a Suburban Soccer Park located on Clapham Road, Birrong, Sydney, Australia, within the Bankstown City Council municipality. It is the homeground of the Bankstown City Lions who play in the New South Wales Premier League. It can currently hold up to 8,000 Spectators...
and Sefton Golf Course. Sefton Golf Course is a council-owned 18-hole par-3 course on 15.6 hectares and is open all year round.
Population
In the 2006 Australian census, Sefton's population was recorded as 5,390, of whom 40.4% were born overseas—typical of the BankstownCity of Bankstown
The City of Bankstown is a city and Local Government Area in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, centred on the suburb of Bankstown....
area and other south-western suburbs of Sydney. It is a culturally diverse community whose residents speak over 60 different languages. The most common countries of birth other than Australia include Viet Nam (12.4%) and Lebanon
Lebanon
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(6.6%).
Politics
At the stateNew South Wales
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level, Sefton is part of the electoral district of Auburn. At the federal level, Sefton is part of the electoral Division of Blaxland
Division of Blaxland
The Division of Blaxland is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. It is based in the western suburbs of Sydney, and includes the working-class suburbs of Bass Hill, Birrong, Carramar, Chester Hill, Condell Park, Fairfield East, Georges Hall, Guildford West, Old Guildford,...
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Culture
In 2008, it was a filming location for the international, award winning and critically acclaimed television drama series East West 101East West 101
East West 101 is a critically acclaimed and award-winning drama series airing on the SBS network. The series was produced and created by Steven Knapman & Kris Wyld, the team behind other drama series such as Wildside and White Collar Blue....
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