Liberty Grove, New South Wales

Liberty Grove is located in between Homebush Bay Drive to the west and the Main Northern Line railway to the east. It is surrounded by the suburbs of Rhodes to the north and Concord West to the east and south and shares the same postcode of 2138.

The Liberty Grove ^[2] development won the 1999 Urban Development Institute of Australia award for excellence.^[3]

History

Settlers first arrived in the area in January 1793 and began farming on 'Liberty Plains'. Through the 1900's it became one of Sydney's industrial areas. However, it and much of adjacent industrial area around Homebush Bay, were completely transformed as part of the Olympic precinct development in preparation for the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Amenities

The Liberty Grove complex contains swimming pools, tennis courts, basketball court, gymnasium, village green and parks, function room, convenience store and entrances to Rhodes and Concord West. Rhodes Waterside shopping centre is 100m from the northern entrance.

Basketball Court
Barbecues near the main pool
Eliza Park, in the southern end of Liberty Grove
A family playing cricket on the Village Green
A game of touch football in Bradley Reserve, the northern park
The convenience store next to the Village Green and near the western vehicle entrance
The pool at the southern end of Bradley Reserve

Transport

Vehicle access to Liberty Grove is available from Homebush Bay Drive and Oulton Ave.

The northern (vehicle) entrance is a ten-minute walk to Rhodes railway station and the southern (pedestrian) entrance is a ten-minute walk to Concord West railway station and Bicentennial Park.

The east pedestrian entrance to the railway line and Queen Street, Concord West
The north vehicle entrance, travelling either north or south on Homebush Bay drive
The large map by the western entrance.

Settlers Road Liberty Grove is accessible from the east by bicycle and foot from an underpass on Queen St Concord West between Castlestead Street and Coonong Road. It is also accessible in the north by bicycle and foot from Rhodes and Concord West at Oulton Avenue. From the south it may be accessed by cyclists and pedestrians at Concord Avenue off King Street, which leads to Concord West, North Strathfield and Olympic Park.

References

↑ Australian Suburb Guide: Sydney Inner West Archived 26 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
↑ Liberty Grove
↑ Urban Development Institute of Australia

Suburbs and localities within the City of Canada Bay, Inner West, Sydney

Abbotsford Breakfast Point Cabarita Canada Bay Chiswick Concord Concord West Drummoyne Five Dock Liberty Grove Mortlake North Strathfield Rhodes Rodd Point Russell Lea Strathfield Wareemba

List of Sydney suburbs

Geography of Parramatta River

Sources	Toongabbie Creek Darling Mills Creek

Tributaries: left	Vineyard Creek Subiaco Creek Archer Creek Smalls Creek Charity Creek Lane Cove River

Tributaries: right	Duck River Haslams Creek Powells Creek Iron Cove Creek Hawthorne Canal

Islands	Rodd Island Snapper Island Spectacle Island Cockatoo Island

Parramatta River ferry services	Parramatta Rydalmere Sydney Olympic Park Rhodes Meadowbank Kissing Point Cabarita Abbotsford Chiswick Huntleys Point

River crossings	Rings Bridge Bernie Banton Bridge Lennox Bridge Barry Wilde Bridge Elizabeth Street Footbridge Macarthur Bridge Clyde–Carlingford railway bridge Thackeray Bridge (footbridge) Silverwater Bridge James Ruse Drive bridge John Whitton Bridge Parramatta River Underbridge Ryde Bridge Mortlake Ferry Gladesville Bridge

River inlets and bays	Homebush Bay Kissing Point Bay Morrisons Bay Kendall Bay Glades Bay France Bay Exile Bay Canada Bay Kings Bay Hen and Chicken Bay Looking Glass Bay Abbotsford Bay Wallumatta Bay Five Dock Bay Lukes Bay Drummoyne Bay Iron Cove

Suburbs: north	North Parramatta Rydalmere Ermington Melrose Park Meadowbank Putney Tennyson Point Gladesville Henley Huntleys Point Huntleys Cove Hunters Hill Woolwich Greenwich

Suburbs: south	Parramatta Camellia Silverwater Newington Wentworth Point Sydney Olympic Park Liberty Grove Rhodes Concord Mortlake Breakfast Point Cabarita Canada Bay Five Dock Wareemba Abbotsford Chiswick Drummoyne Russell Lea Rodd Point Haberfield Lilyfield Rozelle Birchgrove

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