Bradbury, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Bradbury
city = Sydney
state = nsw


caption =
lga = City of Campbelltown
postcode = 2560
pop = 9200 (2006)
est = 1969
area =
propval =
stategov = Campbelltown
fedgov = Macarthur
near-nw = Campbelltown
near-n = Campbelltown
near-ne = Campbelltown
near-w = Ambarvale
near-e = Airds
near-sw = Rosemeadow
near-s = St Helens Park
near-se = St Helens Park
dist1 = 54
dir1 = south-west
location1= Sydney

Bradbury is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Bradbury is located 54 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Campbelltown.

The suburb features many areas of greenery with native trees characterising most streets. Many streets are home to a range of native trees. Most of the street names in the suburb are after types of trees such as Bottlebrush Avenue, Jacaranda Avenue, Stringybark Place and Ash Place.

History

Bradbury was previously known as Sherwood Hills and is one of the more established suburbs of Campbelltown, with large-scale residential development beginning in the 1960s. It was named after William Bradbury, a local innkeeper in the 1820s and 30s. The area surrounding Manooka Reserve (beside The Parkway) was originally called Manooka Estate, but became part of Bradbury in the 1970s. [cite web | url= http://www.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au/default.asp?iDocID=2096&iNavCatID=322&iSubCatID=1369| title=History of Bradbury | publisher=Campbelltown City Council | accessdate=2008-04-21 ]

Bradbury is said to be the location where Fisher's ghost (Frederick Fisher) appeared on a bridge post, to indicate where his body lay. The name of the creek that runs through the suburb is called Fishers Ghost Creek.

People

According to the 2006 census taken by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Bradbury had a population of 9,239 which was fairly typical of Australia as a whole. The median age of the suburb (34) was slightly younger than average (37). The median household income of $1066 per week was slightly higher than average ($1027). The most common industries of employment - schools (5.4%) and road transport (3.8%) - were also higher than average. The area where Bradbury differed most statistically was in the number of flats (5.8%) which was less than half the national average of 14%.Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC11137 | name = Bradbury (State Suburb) | quick = on | accessdate = 2008-04-21]

Notable residents

* Samuel Rouen (born 1988) - Winner Of The Biggest Loser (Australia) 2008 [cite web | url= http://campbelltown.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news/general/sam-seeks-loser-tag/192726.aspx | title=Sam seeks `loser' tag | publisher=Campbelltown & Macarthur Advertiser | accessdate=2008-06-17 ]

port and Recreation

Bradbury features a swimming complex called Bradbury Pools - which includes one large outdoor Olympic sized swimming pool, a children's wading pool, and two indoor pools (one heated, and one regular). Also in the suburb are several ovals, which support local football and cricket teams for both matches and training.

Transport

Busways runs a bus service through the area, chiefly with the route numbers 885 and 886. [cite web | url= http://www.busways.com.au/files/maps/Ctownnetwork.pdf | title=Macarthur Bus Network Map| publisher=Busways | accessdate=2008-04-16 ]

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