History of Homebush/Newington, the Site of the Sydney 2000 Olympics

Homebush/Newington
Homebush is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, located in the municipality of Strathfield. It was established in the 1800s by the colony's then assistant surgeon D'Arcy Wentworth.
A scouting party had recorded "The Flats", the extensive tidal wetlands at Homebush Bay, within 10 days of the arrival of the first fleet in Australia.
Within 10 days of the first fleet arriving in Australia a scouting party had found it out and recorded it as "The Flats", with extensive tidal wetlands. Thomas Laycock was the first recipient of a land grant in the Bay area. …