Toongabbie

Suburb

Western suburb built on Burramattagal country, on the site of one of the colony's earliest successful farms worked with convict labour.

Names
Alternate
Toongabbee

Old Toongabbie and Toongabbie

by John McClymont and Terry Kass, 2010

 

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Traditional country of the Darug people, Toongabbie was settled as early as 1792 and quickly became an important farming centre, worked by convicts. Roads and railways shaped the town's growth, as it was increasingly integrated into Sydney's western suburbs.
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