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The land on which the Manse sits today was originally part of land granted to Major Druitt in November 1837. Between 1837 and 1881 the land had repeated changes of ownership. [1] In March 1881, a Strathfield real estate agent, George Kennedy King purchased two large sections of land that had formed part of the original Mt Druitt estate. These ...
Chifley College's Mount Druitt campus is located within Dharruk. Formerly Mount Druitt High School (established 1969), it is named for Ben Chifley, Australian Prime Minister of Australia from 1945 to 1949. Nearby is Dawson Public School (established 1972).
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Mount Druitt is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 43 kilometres (27 mi) 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.
Mount Druitt is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Edmond Atalla of the Labor Party . It is a 38.95 km 2 urban electorate in Sydney's outer west.
The runway ran down the center of the current Whalan Reserve in a roughly north–south (NNW-SSE) direction. After the war the fledgling Australian Racing Drivers Club ran races there (1951–53) at the Mt Druitt race track which incorporated part of the runway and taxi ways. The land was not handed back to its owner until January 1951.
The Lives of Mount Druitt Youth is a 2010 documentary film produced, and directed by Saad Adam, [1] covering multiple subjects with intentions of "living a good life in Mount Druitt", [2] [3] inspired by Mount Druitt, NSW, Australia, being the place where the director was raised. [4] [5]
Major George Druitt (1773 – 9 June 1842) was a soldier and Australian pioneer. Mount Druitt was named after him.. Druitt became a professional soldier in 1794. As a member of 48th Regiment he sailed to Australia in 1817 on the Matilda, with 440 officers and men.