Westmead

Westmead is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Westmead is 26 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Parramatta and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

Westmead is bounded by the Parramatta River, Toongabbie Creek and Finlayson Creek in the north. On the east it is bounded by Parramatta Park, the Parramatta Golf Club, Amos Street and Good Street. The southern boundary is the Great Western Highway. The western boundary is Bridge Road and Darcy Road.

Health is the major employer in the area, with a large public hospital, a large public children's hospital, a mental health hospital, a private hospital and three medical research facilities.

Education facilities include University of Western Sydney (UWS), UWS College, Westmead Campus, Westmead Public School (established in 1917), Catherine McAuley Catholic High School (an all girls school), Parramatta Marist High School which is the oldest Catholic school in Australia established in 1820, Sacred Heart Primary School and Westmead Christian Grammar School.

Westmead railway station is on the Western railway line of the City Rail network. The Western railway line from Parramatta to Blacktown was built through the suburb in 1861. A railway station at Westmead was opened in April 1893 after a successful petition by local residents. Bus transitway services Westmead from both Parramatta and The Hills District via the North-West T-way.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westmead