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Auburn Sydney, New South Wales
Auburn Gallipoli Mosque
Postcode:	2144
Location:	19 km (12 mi) west of Sydney CBD
LGA:	Auburn Council
State District:	Auburn
Federal Division:	Reid
Suburbs around Auburn: Granville Rosehill Silverwater South Granville Auburn Lidcombe Sefton Regents Park Berala

Auburn is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales Australia. Auburn is located 19 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the local government area of Auburn Council.

Contents 1 History 2 Commercial Area 3 Transport 4 Landmarks 5 Schools 6 Churches and Mosques 7 Population 7.1 Demographics 7.2 Notable Residents 8 References 9 External links

The suburb was named after Oliver Goldsmith's poem The Desserted Village, which describes 'Auburn' in England as the loveliest village of the plain.

Auburn has a mixture of residential, commercial and industrial areas. Auburn shopping centre is located close to Auburn railway station. Auburn Central runs between South Parade and the Queen Street mall and features a small shopping centre below a residential apartments. Auburn Central has a Woolworths supermarket, Big W discount department store, specialty shops and cafes.

Commercial and industrial develoments are also located along Parramatta Road and surrounding streets:

• Tooheys Brewery is located in Auburn.
• Harvey Norman's biggest store in Australia is located on Parramatta Road.
• Reading Cinemas is on Parramatta Road. ^[1]
• Revolution Racegear - Australasia's largest race equipment stockist

Auburn Central, Queen Street

Harvey Norman Centre, Parramatta Road

Auburn Home Centre, Parramatta Road

Bell Tower Complex, Parramatta Road

Auburn railway station is on the Southern line and Western line of the CityRail network.

• Auburn Hospital with basic 24-hour emergency facilities is on Norval and Hargrave Streets.

• Auburn Botanic Gardens ^[2]

• Auburn Girls High School
• Auburn North Public School
• Auburn West Public School
• Auburn Public School
• St John of God Primary school
• St Joseph The Worker Public School
• Trinity Catholic College

The Auburn Gallipoli Mosque took thirteen years to construct and was largely funded by the Turkish community in the area. ^[3] The name of the mosque reflects the legacy of Gallipolli in Turkey and the shared bond between Australian society and the Australian Turkish Muslim Community who constructed the mosque.

Auburn prides itself as having one of the largest refugee communities in Australia. With a very high percentage of its population coming predominantly from Turkish, Lebanese and Vietnamese backgrounds, as well as some anglo-celtic and other cultural backgrounds. Auburn also has the fastest growing Iraqi and Sudanese communities in the country with a population of 65,000 people.^{[citation needed]}

• Jack Lang had a long and close association with Auburn, setting up a successful real estate business there. He went on to serve on the local council, eventually becoming Mayor. He died in Auburn in 1975.
• Warren Mundine is the first Aboriginal president of the Australian Labor Party. Born in Grafton in 1956, Warren and his family lived in Auburn in the mid-1960s.
• Myuran Sukumaran, one of the Bali Nine.

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

1. ^ Reading Cinemas
2. ^ Wilson, Jan; Laura Vallee, Murray Fagg (2006-12-12). Auburn Botanical Gardens. Directory of Australian Botanic Gardens and Arboreta. Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved on 2007-02-03.
3. ^ Gallipoli Mosque

• Auburn, New South Wales is at coordinates 33°51′56″S 151°01′25″E / -33.86563, 151.02360Coordinates: 33°51′56″S 151°01′25″E / -33.86563, 151.02360
• Auburn Council website
• 2001 Census Information

Suburbs and localities within Auburn Council | Western Sydney | Sydney
Auburn | Auburn North | Auburn South | Auburn West | Berala | Homebush Bay | Lidcombe | Lidcombe North | Newington | Regents Park | Rookwood | Silverwater
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