When was cabramatta established

When a small village formed nearby in , it took its name from that property. A township grew from this village, and a railway was built through Cabramatta in the s. It was used for loading and unloading freight and livestock. Cabramatta remained a predominantly agricultural township. It developed a close community relationship with neighbouring Canley Vale, and until , they shared a common municipality. A township grew from this village, and a railway was built through Cabramatta in the s.

It was used for loading and unloading freight and livestock. However, Cabramatta did not get a railway station until The railway station wasn't open for public transport until , a school was then established in and post office in Cabramatta remained a predominantly agricultural township.

In , Cabramatta's local government merged with that of the neighbouring Fairfield , and today remains governed by the Fairfield City Council. It evolved into a Sydney suburb in the mid 20th century, partly as the result of a major state housing project in the nearby Liverpool area in the s that in turn swallowed Cabramatta.

The presence of a migrant hostel alongside Cabramatta High School was decisive in shaping the community in the post-war period. In the first phase, large numbers of post-war immigrants from Europe passed through the hostel and settled in the surrounding area during the s and s. They satisfied labour demand for surrounding manufacturing and construction activities, and eventually gave birth to a rapidly growing population in the late s and early s.

The entrepreneurs amongst them were hard at work building all manner and scale of enterprises. In the s, Cabramatta and the surrounding Fairfield area was characterised by a diversity of Australian-born children having migrant parents. While many other parts of Sydney had their particular ethnic flavour, Cabramatta was something of a melting pot, yet to find a clear identity. Across the s, many of these migrant parents and their children - now young adults - were to settle and populate new housing developments in surrounding areas such as Smithfield and Bonnyrigg that were, until that time, market gardens or semi-rural areas owned by the previous generation.

In the s and s, the migrant hostel - along with its peer in Villawood - hosted a second wave of migration: this time from south-east Asia as a result of the Vietnam War.

During the s, Cabramatta was transformed into a thriving Asian community, displacing many of the previous migrant generation. The students of Cabramatta High School represented all manner of people with Asian or European descent. The bustling city centre of Cabramatta could have been confused with the streets of Saigon and historic "Chinatown", while the Sydney CBD appeared very Western in comparison.

By the early s migration to Cabramatta declined, and as a result the migrant hostel and its many hundreds of small empty apartments lay prey to vandalism and the antics of teenagers. In , [5] Ngo failed in an appeal against his jail sentence. Little Fish , a film was filmed here. Anh Do , a Vietnamese Australian actor comedian, had a brief cameo. The movie focused on three individuals with different lifestyles. It won many awards and increased the area's name towards a positive and creative status.

This led to the making of Little Fish , which despite having award-winning actors and crew members, did not come close to the recognition and respect The Finished People acquired. Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton rated it 4. Familypedia Explore. Create or edit article. Improve article; tree, bdm, etc Form:Person Semi-manual method Advanced form rarely used.

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