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Merrylands is a suburb in
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, Australia. Merrylands is located west of the
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and is in the
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of the
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.


History

Merrylands was named after the former English home of Arthur Todd Holroyd (1806–1887), who acquired land in this area in 1855 and who gave his name to the adjoining suburb of Holroyd.


Commercial area

Merrylands has a commercial area around
Merrylands railway station Merrylands railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Southern railway line, Main South line, serving the Sydney suburb of Merrylands. It is served by the Sydney Trains Leppington & Inner West Line, T2 Leppington & ...
in Merrylands Road, which mainly feature
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style of buildings constructed in the 1930s and 1940s and is ornamented by a couple of London planes.
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Merrylands is a shopping centre with supermarkets, discount department stores and specialty shops.


Transport

Merrylands railway station Merrylands railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Southern railway line, Main South line, serving the Sydney suburb of Merrylands. It is served by the Sydney Trains Leppington & Inner West Line, T2 Leppington & ...
is on the Old Main South. There is parking for commuters. It is on the bus route from Liverpool to Parramatta. Main transport corridors of Woodville Rd (Parramatta-Hume Hwy, Western Motorway M4 (Mountains to the sea). Other main roads include Coleman St (to Westmead Hospital), Hawkesview Rd (rail overbridge to Woodville Rd), Neil St (rail overbridge to Woodville Rd), Pitt St (to Parramatta), Lois St and Excelsior St (to Granville).


Churches

There are a number of churches in Merrylands, including Merrylands East Presbyterian Church, St Margaret Mary's Catholic Church, Merrylands Anglican Church, Merrylands Baptist Church, Merrylands Uniting Church, Merrylands Presbyterian Church, an Evangelical church and C3 Church Merrylands. St Raphael's Slovenian Catholic Church There is also a Heritage Catholic Micro-Cathedral in honour of Saint Raphael the Arch-Angel on the corner of Warwick Road and Merrylands Road, which was not only the first and only Church in Merrylands but also one of the most uniquely designed in Western Sydney being a conventional-modern-neo-Gothic design. The Church of St Raphael was conceived by Fr. ''Valerijan Jenko'', OFM, OAM then soon to be completed and consecrated in 1973, by assistant bishop Dr. Stanislav Lenič from Ljubljana, Slovenija (previously Yugoslavia). The next building project was the church hall. Completed in 1983 the hall became the centre of lively cultural activities.


Parks


Central Gardens

With an entry Merrylands Road and Paton Street along the Cumberland Highway this nature reserve has kangaroos, emus, birdlife and waterfalls around the lake. Pinnaroo (Paton Street) and Yarrabee (Merrylands Road) can be hired for the day from
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for a fee. Access is by road or bus from Merrylands Station and is a route of the Liverpool to the Parramatta Transitway.


Ted Burge Reserve

Bounded by Centenary Road, Hollywood, Richmond and Fairmount Streets. Is used as a sporting field for cricket, soccer, softball and netball.


Merrylands Park

On the corner of Merrylands Road and Burnett Street this complex has sporting fields, tennis courts, barbecue areas and a swim centre which has several outdoor pools and a grassed areas with a barbecue.


Merrylands Swimming Centre

Merrylands Swimming Centre was opened in 1968 and is owned and operated by Cumberland Council. The Swimming Centre was heated in 2004 and consists of 3 pools. An 8 lane 50m competition pool, a training pool and a babies pool. The water in the competition and training pools is heated to 27 °C. The centre is the home of the Merrylands Amateur Swimming Club – the second largest swimming club in the City of Cumberland and one of the largest in the South West of the Sydney Metropolitan Area.


Granville Park

Bounded by Merrylands Road (east of the railway line), Claremont Street, Montrose Avenue and Woodville Road the park is approximately 13.2ha in area. McDonald's has a restaurant on the corner of the park with access from Merrylands Road and Woodville Road. It has several sporting fields, a barbecue area, basketball court, cricket and nets, and playground equipment. When the circuses arrive they stay here. During
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, Granville Park was used as US Naval Base Hospital No 10, part of
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.


Cycleways

Several main cycle routes pass through Merrylands and surrounding suburbs and linking up to Liverpool, Penrith and Sydney Harbour. M4 has an exit in Crown Street, Parramatta for Parrmatta, Merrylands and Holroyd access.


Demographics

According to the 2021 census of population, there were 32,472 people in Merrylands. * 51.2% of people were
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, and 48.8% of people were
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. * The most common ancestries were Lebanese 18.1%,
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10.9%,
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10.0%,
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8.2%, and
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3.9%. * 40.9% of people were born in
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. The next most common countries of birth were
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7.6%,
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5.4%,
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4.8%,
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3.3%, and
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2.9%. * 26.2% of people spoke only
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at home. 74.8% of people spoke a non-English language at home. Some of the other languages spoken at home included
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20.9%,
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5.8%,
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3.1%, Nepali 3.1%, and
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2.9%. * The most common responses for religion were
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27.5%,
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25.4%, No Religion 12.5%, Not Stated 10.3%, and
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5.8%. * The most common occupations included Professionals 20.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.2%, Labourers 11.0%, Managers 9.6%, Machinery Operators and Drivers 9.1%, and Sales Workers 8.7%.


Notable people

*
Betty Cuthbert Elizabeth Alyse Cuthbert (20 April 1938 – 6 August 2017), was an Australian athlete and a four-time Olympic champion. She was nicknamed Australia's "Golden Girl". During her career, she set world records for 60 metres, 100 yards, 200 metres ...
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athlete. Born in Merrylands. * Elie El-Zakhem - rugby league player * Wendy Ey
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athlete * Mosese Fotuaika - rugby league player * Howard Fowles - politician *
John Ibrahim John Houssam Ibrahim (born 25 August 1970) is a former Kings Cross nightclub owner in Australia. Police allege Ibrahim is a "major organised-crime figure" and was labelled as the "lifeblood of the drugs industry of Kings Cross" during the 1 ...
- nightclub owner. He and his brothers grew up in Merrylands and his mother still resides there. * Frank Louat - barrister *
Barkaa Chloe Quayle (born 1995), known by her stage name Barkaa (stylised in all caps), is an Aboriginal Australian rapper and musician. In September 2020, ''GQ Magazine'' dubbed her "the new matriarch of Australian rap". and in 2020, Triple J listed ...
(born Chloe Quayle) - Blak
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and musician. Grew up in Merrylands. * Michael Regan - politician * Dani Stevens - discus thrower * Eric Tweedale
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player. Raised in Merrylands


References

*''The Book of Sydney Suburbs'', Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia {{Sydney Cumberland suburbs Suburbs of Sydney Populated places established in 1855 Cumberland Council, New South Wales 1855 establishments in Australia