Melonba

Melonba, New South Wales

Melonba, New South Wales

Suburb of City of Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia

Melonba is a suburb of Blacktown, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Melonba is located approximately 51 kilometres (32 mi) north-west of Sydney City in the local government area of Blacktown.

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History

Melonba is situated in the Darug traditional Aboriginal country.[2] Melonba was approved as a suburb on 7 September 2020 and gazetted on 6 November 2020. Prior to the suburb's creation, the area was part of Marsden Park.[3]

The origin of the suburb name is from the Dharug Aboriginal language meaning a type of wattle found in the area.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Melonba (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. [2]
    "S64: Dharug / Darug". Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Federal government. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  3. [3]
    New Blacktown City suburbs officially named The National Tribune 2 November 2020
  4. [4]
    "Our suburbs". Blacktown City Council. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
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