Richards, New South Wales
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Richards Location in greater metropolitan Sydney | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 33°40′08″S 150°51′16″E / 33.66889°S 150.85444°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| City | Sydney | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 2020 | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 2.8 km2 (1.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Elevation | 32 m (105 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 37 (SAL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2765 | ||||||||||||
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Richards is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Richards is located north-west of Sydney City in the local government area of Blacktown.
History
Richards is situated in the Darug traditional Aboriginal country.[3] Richards was approved as a suburb on 7 September 2020 and gazetted on 6 November 2020. Prior to the suburb's creation, the area was part of Riverstone and Vineyard.[4]
The origin of the suburb name is from Benjamin Richards who established an abattoir in the area, in 1878.[5]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Richards (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Richards (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "S64: Dharug / Darug". Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Federal government. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ New Blacktown City suburbs officially named The National Tribune 2 November 2020
- ^ "Our suburbs". Blacktown City Council. Retrieved 6 March 2021.