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Ingleburn
A railway platform on old soldiers’ farms became a town of £5 lots.
1869Railway platform opens on Soldier Flat
WHAT STARTED IT
The area was first farmed under 1809 grants to four former NSW Corps soldiers, and became known as Soldier Flat. A railway platform built on the old Neale grant in 1869 was renamed Ingleburn in 1883, after a nearby house, and the town grew around it.
WHAT SUSTAINED IT
From 1885 developers sold town lots beside the station for £5 each, on terms of 5 shillings a month. The Municipal District of Ingleburn was proclaimed in 1896, and in 1939 a camp of 600 huts was built on a nearby ridge for the Second AIF.
TURNING POINTS
1869A railway platform named Macquarie Fields is built on the old Neale grant; it is renamed Ingleburn in 1883.
1885Town lots at Ingleburn are advertised in Sydney for £5 each.
1896The Municipal District of Ingleburn is proclaimed.
1939About 5000 Second AIF troops move into the new Ingleburn military camp.
WHAT IT DOES NOW
A suburb of about 15,000 people in the City of Campbelltown, still centred on its railway station.