Concord Parish is one of the 57
parishes
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of
Cumberland County, New South Wales
Cumberland County is a county in the State of New South Wales, Australia. Most of the Sydney metropolitan area is located within the County of Cumberland.
The County of Cumberland stretches from Broken Bay to the north, the Hawkesbury River t ...
, a
cadastral unit for use on
land titles.
It is located to the
south
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east.
Etymology
The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþa ...
of the
Parramatta River between
Homebush Bay and
Iron Cove; and to the
north
North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating Direction (geometry), direction or geography.
Etymology
T ...
of
Cooks River. It includes the
suburb
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s of
Homebush (but not
Flemington), most of
Strathfield,
Burwood,
Croydon
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,
Concord,
Canada Bay,
Abbotsford and
Drummoyne. It covers the local government areas of
City of Canada Bay and the
Municipality of Burwood and most of the
Municipality of Strathfield
The Municipality of Strathfield is a Local government in Australia, local government area in the inner west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
The municipality was incorporated on 2 June 1885. The council area was made up of ...
(excluding the western part of the municipality that was incorporated in 1892). It roughly corresponds to the western half of the
Inner West region, with the neighbouring
Parish of Petersham making up the eastern half.
References
Parishes of Cumberland County
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