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Ashbury is a suburb in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Ashbury is located 9km south west of the Sydney central business district and lies in the local government areas of the City of Canterbury and partly in the Municipality of Ashfield. The postcode is 2193.

Ashbury is a mostly residential area, located close to Canterbury Race Course. Peace Park is the highest point in the Canterbury local government area.

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History

Ashbury derived its name from the two neighbouring suburbs Ashfield and Canterbury. The area was once known as South Ashfield.

The first land grant in the area was 100 acres made to Reverend Richard Johnson (1753-1827), the colony's first chaplain. The land that extended over Ashbury was known as Canterbury Vale. When it was sold to Lieutenant William Cox in 1800, it covered 600 acres. It was then sold to Robert Campbell (1769-1846) in 1803 when it covered 900 acres and then proceeded to purchase more land to Liverpool Road. The estate passed onto his son-in-law Arthur Jefferey and was eventually split up.

This area then became known as Goodlet's Bush, after an early settler, John Hay Goodlet. In 1878 Goodlet had bought Canterbury House, which had been built by Arthur Jeffreys.

The South Ashfield Brick and Tile Company once operated the South Ashfield Brickworks (later called the Ashbury Brickyard) from the site of what is now Peace Park.

References

The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8

External links

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v t e Suburbs and localities within the Municipality of Ashfield, Inner West, Sydney
Ashbury Ashfield Croydon Croydon Park Dobroyd Point Haberfield Hurlstone Park Summer Hill
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Suburbs and localities within City of Canterbury Bankstown	Ashbury Bankstown Bankstown Aerodrome Bass Hill Belfield Belmore Beverly Hills Birrong Campsie Canterbury Chester Hill Chullora Clemton Park Condell Park Croydon Park Earlwood East Hills Georges Hall Greenacre Hurlstone Park Kingsgrove Lakemba Lansdowne Leightonfield Milperra Mount Lewis Narwee Padstow Padstow Heights Panania Picnic Point Potts Hill Punchbowl Regents Park Revesby Revesby Heights Riverwood Roselands Sefton Undercliffe Villawood Wiley Park Yagoona
History	118th General Hospital (United States Army) Bankstown Bunker HMS Nabberley Milperra massacre No. 1 Fighter Sector RAAF Sydney gang rapes
Education	Al Amanah College Bankstown Girls High School Bankstown Senior College Birrong Girls High School Bass High School Canterbury Boys' High School Georges River Grammar LaSalle Catholic College, Bankstown Malek Fahd Islamic School St Euphemia College Sefton High School Western Sydney University
Public transport bus service	Transit Systems U-Go Mobility
Public transport by rail	Metro North West & Bankstown Line (future) Lidcombe & Bankstown Line Airport & South Line Bankstown station Belmore station Birrong station Campsie station Canterbury station Chester Hill station East Hills station Hurlstone Park station Lakemba station Leightonfield station Padstow station Panania station Punchbowl station Revesby station Sefton station Villawood station Wiley Park station Yagoona station
Sports facilities and public parks	Bankstown Oval Belmore Sports Ground Canterbury Park Racecourse Cooks River Dunc Gray Velodrome Garrison Point Georges River National Park Jensen Oval McLeod Reserve Mirambeena Regional Park Salt Pan Creek Terry Lamb Complex
Other utilities	Bankstown Airport Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital Canterbury Hospital Villawood Immigration Detention Centre
Sports teams	Bankstown Bruins Bankstown City FC Bankstown District Cricket Club Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Canterbury Bankstown FC Chester Hill Rhinos Sydney Bulls
Notable residents past and present	Josh Addo-Carr Bryan Brown John Burgess Paulini Curuenavuli Tyler De Nawi Alex Dimitriades Anh Do Casey Donovan Taj El-Din Hilaly Brett Emerton Blake Ferguson Mamdouh Habib John Howard Hard-Ons Brett Holman Paul Keating Terry Lamb Ken Moroney Kevin Moss Anthony Mundine Rebecca Rippon Geoff Robinson Akmal Saleh Bilal Skaf Vince Sorrenti Ian Thorpe Mark Waugh Steve Waugh
Electorates	Federal divisions Banks Barton Blaxland Watson State districts Auburn Bankstown Canterbury East Hills Fairfield
Other topics	Ashfield Reservoir Bankstown Bites Food Festival Bankstown Central Bethungra, Canterbury Canterbury Bankstown region Chipping Norton Lake Cooks River Sewage Aqueduct Duck River (New South Wales) Earlwood Aboriginal Art Site Henry Lawson Drive King Georges Road Lakemba Mosque Meccano Set Old Sugarmill Pressure Tunnel and Shafts Roselands Shopping Centre The Homestead Wolli Creek Aqueduct
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