Tallawong is a suburb of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Tallawong is in north-west Greater Sydney Area in the local government area of Blacktown. It is named after the metro station located within its boundaries, which opened in May 2019. Tallawong is a Dharug word meaning apple gum tree.[1][3]
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 Tallawong Village, September 2024 | |||||||||||||
  Tallawong Location in greater metropolitan Sydney | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 33°41′28″S 150°53′54″E / 33.69111°S 150.89833°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| City | Sydney | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 2020 | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 4.12 km2 (1.59 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Elevation | 68 m (223 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 6,570 (2021 census)[2] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 1,594.7/km2 (4,130/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2762 | ||||||||||||
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History
editThe majority of the suburb used to be part of Schofields. However, Tallawong station in the southeast is located in what used to be part of Rouse Hill. Until the creation of the suburb of Tallawong, there were two metro stations within the suburb of Rouse Hill, the other being Rouse Hill station.
Tallawong was gazetted on 6 November 2020.[1][4][5]
Tallawong Public School opened at 24 Macquarie Road, Rouse Hill on 22 March 2026. During the planning and construction of the primary school, Tallawong Public School was temporarily located on the grounds of Riverstone Public School.[6]
Transport
editTallawong railway station, opened in May 2019, is located in the southeast portion of the suburb between Tallawong Road and Cudgegong Road. It is the terminus of the Metro North West & Bankstown Line which provides high frequency rail services to Sydenham.[7]
Bus stops are located outside the metro station on Implexa Parade.[7] They are serviced by Busways routes 732 to Rouse Hill, 742 and 748 to Marsden Park, 747 to Riverstone. Nightride bus route N92 operates between Tallawong and Sydney central business district outside metro operation hours.
References
edit- 1 2 3 "Previous Suburb Boundaries and Names". Blacktown City Council. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020. [dead link]
- ↑ "2021 Tallawong, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics".
- ↑ "Our suburbs". Blacktown City Council. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ↑ "New Blacktown City suburbs officially named". Blacktown City Council. 2 November 2020. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ↑ New Blacktown City suburbs officially named The National Tribune 2 November 2020
- ↑ "Home – Tallawong Public School". tallawong-p.schools.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- 1 2 "Tallawong station". Transport for NSW. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
External links
edit- Map of Tallawong (November 2020) – Blacktown City Council
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