Ashcroft, New South Wales

Ashcroft, New South Wales

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


caption =
lga = City of Liverpool
postcode = 2168
est = 1972
pop =
area =
propval =
stategov = Liverpool
fedgov = Fowler
near-nw = Heckenberg
near-n = Mount Pritchard
near-ne = Liverpool
near-w = Sadleir
near-e = Liverpool
near-sw = Cartwright
near-s = Lurnea
near-se = Moorebank
dist1 = 35
dir1 = south-west
location1= Sydney CBD

Ashcroft is a suburb in South-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Ashcroft is located 35 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Liverpool.

History

The suburb was formed as part of the Housing Commission's Green Valley development. It was named Ashcroft after the pioneering family in the district that gave the land for the site of this development. The Ashcroft family was active in establishing meat wholesaling and retailing activities at the Homebush abattoir. E.J. Ashcroft was a butcher at Liverpool in the 1890s. Although named earlier, Ashcroft was officially gazetted on 7 April 1972.

Notable residents

* Childhood home of Mark Latham, former leader of the Australian Labor Party [cite book |title=Loner: inside a Labor tragedy |last=Lagan |first=Bernard |authorlink=Bernard Lagan |year=2005 |publisher=Allen & Unwin |location=Crows Nest, NSW |isbn=1741145155 |pages=41-42 |url= ] .
* Joseph Gatehau, finalist on the 2006 series of Australian Idol.

References

*"The Book of Sydney Suburbs", Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8

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