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Entries from October 2009

History of Homebush/Newington, the site of the Sydney 2000 Olympics

Date October 29, 2009

Homebush/Newington Homebush is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, located in the municipality of Strathfield. It was established in the 1800s by the colony’s then assistant surgeon D’Arcy Wentworth. A scouting party had recorded “The Flats”, the extensive tidal wetlands at Homebush Bay, within 10 days of the arrival of the first fleet [...]