Smithfield West
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 Dublin Street storefronts | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 33°50′55″S 150°55′21″E / 33.84863°S 150.92261°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| City | Smithfield | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 26 m (85 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 5,000 (est.) (2016)[1] | ||||||||||||
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Smithfield West is a locality situated in the local government area of the City of Fairfield in Greater Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Part of Smithfield, it is an unofficial designation for the neighbourhood area within the suburb, westwards from Dublin Street to Wetherill Street on the boundary of Wetherill Park.[2]
In 1867, Smithfield was a semi-rural settlement populated by vine growers, gardeners, wood timber cutters, orchards and tanneries. Some of the best farming land at that time was in the district to the west and southwest of the Smithfield area, which includes the locality of Smithfield West.[3]
Designation
Websites such as Weatherzone and Australia Post, among others, feature the locality of Smithfield West in their database, which shares the same postcode of Smithfield (2164).[2]
Commercial area
The locality of Smithfield West has small pockets of restaurants in Dublin Street near Brenan Street, and as well as in Hassall Street, which have included Chinese restaurants, a gelato bar, a prominent Italian restaurant, a fish and chips eatery, a delicatessen market, a drug store, a doctor's office, a bakery, a newsagent's shop, and a few convenient shopfronts.
Culture
Smithfield Cemetery is situated in this locality, on Dublin Street, corner of Victoria Road. Smithfield West Public School, which includes a preschool, is located on Wetherill Street, bordering Wetherill Park. The locality lies in the Electoral district of Prospect and the Division of McMahon, as with Smithfield.
