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Arrival of the 1st Fleet
The original residents of Marrickville were the Cadigal people, who lived in the area for more than 40,000 years. The Cadigal were a clan of the Darug people and spoke the coastal Eora language. Other clans of the area included the Wangal, the Kameygal and the Bediagal. Aboriginal artefacts found around the Cooks River indicate at least 7,000 years of occupation -
First land grant in Marrickville
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Marricville populated by several hundrend people from various ethnic backgrounds
By the 1830's only several hundred people from a variety of ethnic backgrounds, including English, Scottish, Italian, German, Dutch and Chinese, lived in Marrickville. However the area remains predominantly anglo. -
Marrickville proclaimed a Municipality
Shortly followed by Newtown (1862), then St Peters (1871) and Petersham (1872). -
- 1920s Marrickville grew to densely populated industrial region
From the late 1880s through to the late 20th century, Marrickville housed some of Australia's most prominent industries and factories View the Marrickville Online Industrial Heritage Exhibition, a collection of photographs which capture the suburb's peak industrial era from the 1880s until the 1970s at -
Marrickville municipality population peaks at 113,000
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- 1970s Peak in large nos of migrants from Sth Europe, Asia & Middle East
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Census date shows Marrickville population of 76,000
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Census shows 33% of residents speak a language other than English at home
Greek, Vietnamese, Arabic and Portuguese are the most common -
Marrickville Festival 2010
