Nirimba Fields is a suburb of Sydney in the state of

New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...

, Australia. Nirimba Fields is in north-west Sydney in the

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Blacktown Blacktown is a suburb in New South Wales, Australia, west of the Sydney central business district. It is one of the most multicultural places within Sydney, Greater Sydney. History Before the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788, the area of ...

. ''Nirimba'' is a

Dharug The Dharug or Darug people, are a nation of Aboriginal Australian clans, who share ties of kinship, country and culture. In pre-colonial times, they lived as hunters in the region of current day Sydney. The Darug speak one of two dialects o ...

word meaning

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History

Nirimba Fields was gazetted on 6 November 2020. A large portion of the suburb was previously part of Schofields, with a small portion in the south previously part of

Quakers Hill Quakers Hill is a suburb of Sydney, in the States of Australia, state of New South Wales, Australia. It is westnorth-west (WNW) of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia, local government area of the City ...

.New Blacktown City suburbs officially named
The National Tribune 2 November 2020 Nirimba Fields was the site of the former

RAAF The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is the principal aerial warfare force of Australia, a part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Australian Army. Constitutionally the governor-general of Aus ...

Schofields Aerodrome. The Nirimba Education Precinct, including

Wyndham College Wyndham College is a public senior secondary school located at Nirimba Fields, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1999, its intake of students comes from three surrounding high schools: Quakers Hill High School, Riverstone High Scho ...

is located south of the Schofields Aerodrome site. The precinct was redeveloped in 1995 from the former

HMAS Nirimba HMAS ''Nirimba'' is a former Royal Australian Navy (RAN) training base located at the former RAAF Station Schofields at Nirimba Fields, previously Schofields, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. History ''Nirimba'' is a Darug word meanin ...

base, which was commissioned by the

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in 1953 and used until 1994.

Education

The Nirimba Education Precinct is located within the suburb, and comprises

Western Sydney University Western Sydney University, formerly the University of Western Sydney, is an Australian multi-campus public research university in the Greater Western region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The university in its current form was founde ...

's The College,

, Nirimba

TAFE NSW TAFE NSW is an Australian vocational education and training provider. Annually, the network trains over 500,000 students in campus, workplace, online, or distance education methods of education. It was established as an independent statutory bod ...

St John Paul II Catholic College The St John Paul II Catholic College is a dual schoolcampus Independent school, independent Roman Catholicism in Australia, Roman Catholic Mixed-sex education, co-educational Secondary school, secondary day school, with campuses located in Nir ...

and

. As of November 2020, there are 8362 students, 1255 staff and 48 residents currently studying, working or living within the precinct, a total of 9665 people.

References

External links

Map of Nirimba Fields
(November 2020) – Blacktown City Council Suburbs of Sydney City of Blacktown {{Sydney-geo-stub