| Marrickville was named after the estate of Thomas Chalder. It was known as Marrick, after his native North Yorkshire village. The estate centre on the intersection of Victoria Road and Chapel Street.
Marrickville became a Municipality on 6th November 1861.
Distance from Sydney CBD: 7km.
Distance from Sydney Airport: 5km.
Distance from Parramatta: 18.5km.
Attractions: Marrickville is a vibrant, exciting, cosmopolitan district that represents contemporary Sydney at its best. It offers a diversity of experiences based on its rich heritage, multicultural influences and cutting edge creative arts. These are reflected in its eat streets, its restaurants, its shops and its cultural and community events.
Marrickville traditionally the home of a large Greek community has enough to keep the locals busy with an array of cafes and restaurants with Greek, Thai, Vietnamese and Asian are among the cuisines on offer.
Marrickville Library also provides a great source on knowledge and education for the growing multicultural community.
Marrickville boasts a lively golf course wrapped around Cooks River.
Close by is Enmore Park with an indoor pool, extensive playground equipment and weekly visits from the Magic Yellow Bus for under fives.
Neighbouring suburbs:
Dulwich Hill
Newtown
Stanmore
Earlwood
Enmore
Petersham
Lewisham
Hurlstone Park
Canterbury
St Peters
Transport: Marrickville is on the inner-west line running from the city to Bankstown and then Liverpool. Bus services run from Marrickville Road to Enmore, Newtown past the university and to the CBD. A service is available from Marrickville Metro to Bondi Junction via Newtown and Waterloo and to the city via Alexandria.
Education:
Casimir Catholic College Marrickville Rd
Globe Wilkins Preschool McRae Street
Ferncourt Public School Premier St
Marrickville High School Northcote Street
Marrickville West Public School Beauchamp Street
Wilkins Public School Park Rd
Wilkins Intensive English Centre Northcote Street
Marrickville Public School Chapel Street
Religion:
St Brigid's Marrickville Rd
Anglican Church Sydney Diocese Petersham Rd
Baptist Union of NSW Cnr Silver & Calvert Streets
Churches of Christ Illawarra Rd
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Livingstone Rd
Jehovah's Witnesses - Kingdom Halls Enmore Rd
Marrickville Spanish Seventh Day Adventist Church Livingstone Rd
Uniting Church in Australia Grove Street
Franciscan Missionaries of Mary Schwebel Street Marrickville.
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