CONCORD WEST, NEW SOUTH WALES

'Concord West' is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Concord West is located 16 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Canada Bay. Concord is a separate suburb, to the east.
Concord West is bordered on the west by Rhodes and Homebush, to the south by North Strathfield, and to the east, the suburb of Concord and by Brays Bay, Yaralla Bay, Majors Bay, which sit on the Parramatta River. It shares the postcode of 2138 with Rhodes.

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History

Commercial Area

Health

Transport

Pop Culture

References

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History

Concord takes its name from Concord, Massachusetts, in the USA. It was the site of the Battle of Concord, the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1778). Some historians believe the suburb was named Concord, to encourage a peaceful attitude between soldiers and settlers. The first land grants in the area were made in 1793.
Concord Council amalgamated with Drummoyne Council in 2000 to form the City of Canada Bay. It is also the name of the surrounding parish.

Commercial Area

Concord West has a group of shops beside Concord West railway station. Another commercial area is located along Concord Road.

Health

Concord west is home to one of Sydney's major hospitals, Concord Repatriation General Hospital (commonly known as Concord Hospital). Concord Hospital has its own postcode, 2139.
The hospital grounds, particularly around the Dame Edith Walker Hospital to the south, contain some remnants of critically endangered Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest in a relatively intact state.^[1]

Transport

Concord West railway station is on the Northern line of the CityRail network.

Pop Culture

★ Concord Repatriation General Hospital provides the external shots for the fictional 'All Saints General Western Hospital' in the Australian television drama series All Saints.

References

★ ''The Book of Sydney Suburbs'', Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8
1. "Remnant Bushland"

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