Quakers Hill

Quakers Hill is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 40 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Blacktown. Quakers Hill is part of the Greater Western Sydney.

Quakers Hill is colloquially known as 'Quakers'. Public Transport to and from Quakers Hill is provided by train and a number of bus services by Busways. Quakers Hill railway station is on the Richmond branch of the Western railway line of the Sydney Trains network.

Quakers Hill has a blend of old and new developments. There are some Housing Commission Houses on the older (southern) side of Quakers Hill, mainly near Marayong. The western side of the railway line predominantly has houses on standard residential blocks, some built when HMAS Nirimba was an active naval base, others through the 1960s and 1970s. The eastern side of the railway line consists of dwellings constructed since the 1980s, with a high proportion of high density homes or townhouses.

Quakers Hill is home to numerous schools and educational institutions. The oldest is Quakers Hill Public School, opened in 1912. Two other public primary schools (Barnier and Hambledon) were opened in the 1990s to cope with suburb's growing population. All of these primary schools (mainly Quakers Hill and Barnier Public School) are famous for their success in helping students to perform well. High schools in Quakers Hill are split between Quakers Hill High School, catering to Years 7-10, and Wyndham College, years 11-12. There is also a Catholic primary school and high school. Post-secondary education is serviced by Nirimba TAFE College and the University of Western Sydney, Blacktown Campus. Four of these facilities are located together in the Nirimba Education Precinct.

Quakers Hill has become a fairly populated suburb, experiencing major growth in recent years.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quakers Hill