Toongabbie NSW

Toongabbie Toongabbie is derived from an Aboriginal word, reported as meaning place by the water or the meeting of the waters.

Geography

To the north across Old Windsor Road the next suburb is Winston Hills; to the east is Old Toongabbie; to the south-east, the next suburb (and railway station) is Pendle Hill; to the south is Girraween; to the south-west is Prospect; and to the west the next suburb (and railway station) is Seven Hills. It was named in June 1792 after Governor Arthur Phillip asked the local Aborigines wh

at they called the place. European settlement

Toongabbie Post Office 1901
Toongabbie is noted for being the third mainland settlement (after Sydney and Parramatta) set up after the British occupation of Australia began in 1788, although the site of the settlement is actually in the separate suburb of Old Toongabbie. Governor Phillip established a government farm and convict station on 640 acres (259 ha) in 1791 to grow food for the colony. It was supplement to the farms already established at Rose Hill. By December 1791 there were 500 men working at clearing the land. After eleven years, the government farm was closed and the land was given as grants to settlers and convicts who had done their time. In 1860, the railway was extended to Blacktown but it took 20 years before any arrangements were made for trains to stop at Toongabbie. The first school in Toongabbie - Toongabbie Public School, opened on 3 May 1886. By April 1911, the school closed due to low enrolments. The school reopened February the next year and has stayed open ever since. The first post office in the area was opened after many years of campaigning by local residents in 1887 in a private house on Old Windsor Road and this arrangement continued until the 1960s. The first post master was a Mr Birks and he was paid 25 pounds a year to manage the office and bring the mail bag over from Seven Hills on horseback each day. By 1922 the number of residents and businesses had grown sufficiently to support a second office in a weatherboard cottage in Wentworth Avenue, known as Toongabbie West. A purpose built office was opened in the main shopping area in Portico Parade in 1960 becoming Toongabbie Post Office whilst the old Toongabbie Post Office was renamed Old Toongabbie. The Emu and Prospect Gravel and Road Metal Company Limited opened a private railway line from Toongabbie to Prospect Quarry on 7 April 1902. Following the inability of the Government railway to supply rail wagons, trains stopped running on the line in 1945, however the rails remained in situ until the early 1960s.[3]

In 1908, what was probably the second scout group formed in Australia, 1st Toongabbie Scout Group was organised by Errol Knox (later knighted for his services to journalism). The first scout hall was a barn on his parents' property, "Montargis" in Binalong Road. Later, in 1934, the Group moved to its present location in Bungaree Road on donated land which had also once been part of the Knox landholdings. The first bank branch in Toongabbie, The Commonwealth Bank, opened in 1957 although bank agencies had operated in the area. Toongabbie was connected to electricity in the mid-1920s and to town gas and mains sewerage in the mid-1960s. The biggest increase in population occurred after World War II. A sizable area west of the shopping centre, which had previously been farmland and orchards, was subdivided into a housing development called "The Old Roman Estate"; several streets in the area have Roman names, including Marcia St, Lavinia St, Portia St, Lucretia Rd and Portico Parade. Old Toongabbie

To the east of Binalong Road is the small suburb known as Old Toongabbie, which includes the sites of the original colonial settlement. In the 1990s this area was reduced, with the part immediately north of Wentworthville, which is also known unofficially as the locality of Constitution Hill, being reclassified as Wentworthville. In 2006, Constitution Hill officially returned, but only as a small area between Bogalara Road and the Cumberland Highway.

10/04/2017

Western Sydney teenager pleads guilty to planning Anzac Day terror attack

A western Sydney teenager, who police claim tried to obtain a gun and bomb-making instructions, has pleaded guilty to planning for an Anzac Day terrorist attack.

The 16-year-old, who cannot be identified because of his age, was arrested on the eve of Anzac commemorations last year.

His intended target was said to have been a remembrance service in Sydney.

The maximum penalty for the offence is life in jail.

Police found handwritten notes at his home, declaring that sharia law should be established across the world.

The boy's lawyer, Upol Amin, would not speculate on what would be an appropriate penalty.

"A plea has been entered and the matter is on it's way to finalisation," Mr Amin said.

The boy, who had left school and started an electrical apprenticeship, was at the time of his arrest enrolled in an intervention program designed to stop people being radicalised.

Today, wearing a maroon jumper and with his arms resting on a desk and his hands joined, the youth appeared on screen, forlorn but calm as his lawyer entered his plea on his behalf at Parramatta Children's Court.

The court heard the agreed facts for the case are not yet settled and the matter will return to the children's court in April.

The multimillionaire who wants to build the world's biggest waste incinerator in Sydney

06/04/2017

Ian Malouf, the chief executive of Dial a Dump, is behind an application to build a large electricity generation plant in Eastern Creek, hundreds of metres from homes, which would burnwaste that would otherwise go to landfill.

But the plan for the "energy-from-waste plant" faces opposition from residents, Blacktown and Penrith councils, Western Sydney's Local Health District, Labor and the Greens – and now the EPA.

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/opposition-grows-to-western-sydney-energyfromwaste-incinerator-20170329-gv97z6.html

The multimillionaire who wants to build the world's biggest waste incinerator in Sydney Plans by a waste magnate to build the world's largest waste incinerator in Western Sydney have been dealt a blow by the Environment Protection Authority, which has declared its opposition over concerns about air quality and human health impacts.

03/04/2017

A cleaner in western Sydney has fought off a pair of knife-wielding would-be robbers.

The 26-year-old man was working at a Woodcroft childcare centre on Monday night and went outside to his car when two men threatened him, demanding his mobile phone.

He refused but suffered cuts to his chest, arms and neck in a struggle with the pair before they ran off. He's been treated at Blacktown Hospital.

27/03/2017

The close-knit community yesterday reacted in horror to the attack, with neighbours saying Ms Christaga was known as the much loved “Queen” of the local area who wouldn’t have hurt a fly.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/teen-arrested-after-assault-of-elderly-woman-at-her-toongabbie-home/news-story/28c21c04104e3bb7e1693ba58172bd11

Teen charged over horror attack THE teenage neighbour of a frail elderly woman who was savagely bashed in Toongabbie has been charged in connection with the heinous attack.

21/03/2017

A brave woman chased her attackers after she was assaulted and robbed by two men at a Toongabbie townhouse complex. Police said the pair attacked her and stole the 34-year-old woman’s handbag at the Metella Rd driveway just before 8pm on Tuesday, February 21. The woman screamed and a friend came to her aid. The two got in the woman’s car and chased the men and, after pulling up alongside a silver Toyota Corolla, one of the men allegedly pointed a black firearm at them. The Toyota Corolla drove off and was last seen travelling west on the M4 at Eastern Creek. Any witnesses are urged to contact police via Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

18/03/2017

Fire and Rescue NSW told reporters that substances were allegedly found when they were containing a fire on Sunday about 12.30am. Emergency services were called to a house on Lamonerie St after reports of a fire, which was contained shortly afterwards. The house was unoccupied and nobody was injured. Police said a crime scene had been established. The cause of the fire was yet to be determined.

‘Spend budget surplus on trains in west’

02/12/2016

"A Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils report on the region’s public transport revealed around 1.3 million residents live more than 800m from a train station."

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/liverpool-leader/western-sydney-rail-needs-in-spotlight-after-budget-surplus-announced/news-story/b2ef47eb5717ca85a1d9511d89ed27c1

‘Spend budget surplus on trains in west’ A WHOPPING 75 per cent of western Sydney residents, including those who call Liverpool home, don’t live within walking distance of a train station.

26/11/2016

Airport crucial to unlock tourism in the west

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-21/aerotropolis-key-to-successful-development-of-western-sydney/8043442

'Aerotropolis' key to successful development of Western Sydney The future of Western Sydney rides on an aerotropolis growing around the Western Sydney Airport, according to the GSC.

16/11/2016

Cr Bali said a report commissioned by WSROC found about three quarters of residents in western Sydney will not live within walking distance of a train station in 20 years.

http://www.stmarysstar.com.au/story/4283260/call-to-ensure-western-sydney-doesnt-miss-the-bus/

Call to ensure western Sydney doesn’t miss the bus Three quarters of western Sydney residents will not live within walking distance of a train station by 2036

07/11/2016

A man was charged after allegedly storming a Metella Rd townhouse on June 14 at 9pm. Police said a 22-year-old woman, inside with her 44-year-old mother, was asleep in the lounge room when she heard a loud bang on the door before the front window smashed. The 38-year-old Toongabbie man allegedly climbed into the house through the window and confronted the victim while allegedly concealing a knife down the back of his pants. He was arrested on Saturday at 10pm after allegedly threatening to stab police. The Toongabbie man was charged with aggravated break and enter and using a weapon to resist arrest. He was refused bail and appeared before Blacktown Court on Monday.

04/11/2016

Sydney man burnt in gas bottle explosion 'ran from home with hair on fire'

04/11/2016

Emergency services were called to reports of a fire and explosion at a home in Highland Avenue in Toongabbie just after midnight.

Where did this happen?

http://www.9news.com.au/national/2016/10/16/06/39/sydney-man-burned-in-gas-bottle-explosion

Sydney man burnt in gas bottle explosion 'ran from home with hair on fire' A man has been hospitalised after a gas bottle reportedly exploded at a home in Toongabbie, in Sydney’s west, early today.

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