Sefton

Sefton -- a suburb of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown local government area -- is located 23 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in New South Wales, Australia.

Sefton -- a suburb of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown local government area -- is located 23 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in New South Wales, Australia.Part of the Western Sydney region, it shares the 2162 postcode with the neighbouringChester Hill suburb.

The name Sefton was taken from Sefton in Merseyside, England. James Wood gave the name 'Sefton Park' to the 340 acres (1.4 km2) of land granted to him in 1839. Prior to subdivision, Sefton was an area of market gardens, orchards and poultry farms. It was the birthplace of property group Stockland in 1952, when founder Ervin Graf undertook a development project of 19 houses in the suburb.