St. Mary’s Community

By: Daniel Fam and Louis Rosales

HistoryThe suburb of St Marys is named after the church of St Mary Magdalene, which was built approximately between 1837 and 1840. It was sanctified by Bishop Broughton in the year 1840 and is one of the oldest standing churches in New South Wales that still has services on a regular basis. The area was thought to have been selected by the mother of Phillip Parker King. The property had been John Oxley in 1828 by King, the original grant having been made in 1823. Other land grants in the area included those to Anna Josepha King in 1807 (Dunheved), Samuel Marsden (Mamre), and Mary Putland (Frogmore).

The CommunitySt Marys (2760) is a suburb of Sydney, Western Sydney, New South Wales. It is about 42 Kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. St Marys is in the federal electorate of Lindsay. According to the ABS ( Australian Bureau of Statistics) 2011 Census the Population of St. Marys is 11,289 and is comprised of 50.4% females and 49.6% males. The median/average age of the St Marys population is 35 years of age, 2 years below the Australian average. 63.1% of people living in St Marys were born in Australia. Because of the great number of people that live in this suburb it greatly contributes to the population of the Blacktown community. This is suburb is very diverse, meaning that many people from other countries have come to live in the area.

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Bibliography• http://profile.id.com.au/penrith/population?BMID=50&WebID=350• http://localstats.qpzm.com.au/stats/nsw/sydney/western-sydney/st-marys• http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/2016.6Main+Features11996?OpenDocument• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_St_Marys,_New_South_Wales