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Croydon Park is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Croydon Park is about 12 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is divided between the local government areas of the City of Canterbury, Burwood Council and Municipality of Ashfield. Croydon is a separate suburb, to the north. Croydon Park has a thriving commercial area along Georges River Road and is close to larger shopping areas in Burwood, Ashfield and Campsie. Croydon Park is a small residential suburb with many stores, particularly family owned such as Saba Hair Design, La Bocca Deli Cafe, Shisha Bar and Grill, Pure Gelato, Maranello's Veloce Italian Pizzeria, Renee's Pizzeria, Abla's pastry, ANAR Lebanese Charcoal Chicken, Little Thailand, Domino's,McDonalds, Subway, TAB, IGA, Croydon Park Chinese Restaurant, Croydon Park Petroleum, Croydon Park Hotel. ==History== Croydon Park was originally part of the territory of the Darug tribe which occupied much of Sydney. More specifically, it was probably home to the Wangal clan (based around Concord) but may also have been home to the Cadigal (Sydney) or Bideagal (Botany Bay) clans. There were middens along the Cooks River where the indigenous people camped. These were destroyed by early British settlers to make lime for mortar in buildings.〔(Aborigines in Canterbury - City of Canterbury )〕 In 1878 and 1880, following the building of a railway station at Croydon to the north, two large subdivisions of land were undertaken using the name Croydon Park. These constituted the entire area of the current suburb. A piece of flood-prone land at the junction of Croydon Avenue and the Cooks River was reserved as a public park. Given the name Croydon Park, it was the first reserve in the City of Canterbury. Early settlers included many people involved in the building trade and Chinese market gardeners.〔(History of Croydon Park - City of Canterbury )〕 A primary school was established in 1886 to cater for the increasing number of children in the area. Mains water was connected in 1889 and sewerage in the 1910s. The Parents and Citizens Association at the public school believed that residents were rather left out of regular postal deliveries and a petition was prepared for their member of parliament asking for a Croydon Park post office to be opened in the area. They were successful in 1914 and the surrounding neighbourhood became a separate suburb.〔Book of Sydney Suburbs, Frances Pollon (Angus and Robertson) 1990, p.76〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Croydon Park, New South Wales」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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