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Hoxton Park

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Liverpool City Council NSW, Locked Bag 7064, Hoxton Park, NSW 2171
1300 362 170

Description

Hoxton Park is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

Hoxton Park is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Hoxton Park is located 38 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Liverpool and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

Hoxton Park also had a small sealed airstrip, Hoxton Park Airport which was used for general aviation and training until its closure and destruction in 2008.

History

Hoxton Park was named in 1887 when Phillips and Co. syndicates, subdivided the land under that name. Thomas Setrop Amos, a London solicitor, who arrived in Sydney in 1816, was granted 800 acres (3.2 km2) here in June 1818.A further development of note took place circa 1857 with the construction of Bernera, a weatherboard homestead built by Allan Macpherson, son of a former Collector of Internal Revenue, William Macpherson. Bernera was an early homestead in a vernacular style and is listed on the Register of the National Estate.

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Type: Suburbs

Population: 1,001 - 10,000

Time zone: UTC +11:00

Area: 1.539 km2

Elevation: 11 to 50 metres

Town elevation: 31 m

Population number: 4,355

Local Government Area: Liverpool City Council

Location

Liverpool City Council NSW, Locked Bag 7064, Hoxton Park, NSW 2171

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This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Hoxton Park, New South Wales