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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
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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.
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Shortly followed by Newtown (1862), then St Peters (1871) and Petersham (1872).
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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
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Link to census
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Greek, Vietnamese, Arabic and Portuguese are the most common
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