Lethbridge Park, New South Wales

Lethbridge Park is a suburb of Greater Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 47 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Blacktown and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

Lethbridge Park Greater Western Sydney, New South Wales
Lethbridge Park
Coordinates	33°44′00″S 150°47′40″E
Population	4,730 (2021 census)[1]
Postcode(s)	2770
Elevation	46 m (151 ft)
Location	47 km (29 mi) west of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)	City of Blacktown
State electorate(s)	Mount Druitt Londonderry
Federal division(s)	Chifley
Suburbs around Lethbridge Park: Ropes Crossing Willmot Shalvey North St Marys Lethbridge Park Blackett Tregear Whalan Emerton

History

Lethbridge Park takes its name from the Lethbridge family. Robert Copeland Lethbridge settled at Werrington on a land grant made on 1 January 1806, while his sister Harriet settled on the Dunheved estate.^[2] The district's two pioneering families were united by marriage. Harriet Lethbridge was married to Captain Phillip Parker King (1791–1856), son of Governor Philip Gidley King and Anna Josepha King. Robert Copeland Lethbridge married King's sister, Mary.^[3]

Education

Lethbridge Park Primary School is a public school covering Kindergarten to Grade 6.

Notable residents

• Roy Courlander, British Fascist and later member of the British Free Corps SS Unit