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Llandilo, New South Wales

Suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Llandilo
Sydney, New South Wales

Population

1,637 (2016 census)^[1]

• Density

72.56/km² (187.93/sq mi)

Postcode(s)

2747

Elevation

36 m (118 ft)

Area

22.56 km² (8.7 sq mi)

Location

54 km (34 mi) west of Sydney CBD

Penrith City Council

Lindsay

Suburbs around Llandilo:
Londonderry	Berkshire Park	Berkshire Park Marsden Park
Cranebrook	Llandilo	Shanes Park
Cranebrook	Jordan Springs	Ropes Crossing

Llandilo is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 54 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith. It is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. Llandilo is a small semi-rural outcrop between two creeks.

A southern part of Llandilo was incorporated into an expansion of the suburb of Jordan Springs on 22 November 2019.^[2]

History

Llandilo is named after the Welsh town of Llandeilo.

Aboriginal culture

Prior to European settlement, what is now Llandilo was home to the Mulgoa people who spoke the Darug language. They lived a hunter-gatherer lifestyle governed by traditional laws, which had their origins in the Dreamtime. Their homes were bark huts called 'gunyahs'. They hunted kangaroos and emus for meat, and gathered yams, berries and other native plants. Shortly after the arrival of the First Fleet in Australia in 1788, an outbreak of smallpox decimated the local indigenous communities and made it easier for settlers to dispossess them of their land.^[3]

European settlement

The first land grant in the area was made to Samuel Terry in 1818. He named the area Terry Brook. By the 1860s it was known as Llandilo after a Welsh town. While the landholdings have reduced in size down to around one or 2 acres (8,100 m²), the area is still primarily rural as it has been for the past 200 years or so.^[4]

Llandilo Post Office opened on 1 July 1890.^[5]

Schools

Llandilo public is the local school, established 1866.

Xavier College, a Catholic school was completed in 2008.

References

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Llandilo (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
^ "Jordan Springs name change". Penrith City Council. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
^ "Dharug Aboriginal History". Christopher Tobin. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 26 July 2007.
^ "Penrith Local Suburb profiles - Llandilo". Penrith City Council. Retrieved 10 August 2007.
^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 16 June 2012.