Villawood Immigration Detention Centre
Villawood Immigration Detention Centre, originally Villawood Migrant Hostel or Villawood Migrant Centre, split into a separate section named Westbridge Migrant Hostel from 1968 to 1984, is an Australian immigration detention facility located in the suburb of Villawood in Sydney, Australia.Photo: DIAC images, CC BY 2.0.
Photo: DIAC images, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Prison
- Description: immigration Detention Centre in Sydney, Australia
- Also known as: “Villawood Detention Centre”
- Address: 15 Birmingham Avenue, 2163
Photo: Adam.J.W.C., CC BY-SA 2.5.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leightonfield railway station and Chester Hill High School.
Leightonfield railway station
Railway station
Leightonfield railway station is a heritage-listed railway station on the Main Southern railway line in the Sydney suburb of Villawood. It is served by Sydney Trains' T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line services. Leightonfield railway station is situated 1 km southwest of Villawood Immigration Detention Centre.
Chester Hill High School
School
Chester Hill High School is a high school located in Chester Hill, New South Wales, Australia. It caters for students from years 7 to 12. Classes began on 4 February 1962 with 325 students. Chester Hill High School is situated 490 metres east of Villawood Immigration Detention Centre.
Chester Hill railway station
Railway station
Chester Hill railway station is a heritage-listed railway station on the Main Southern railway line in the Sydney suburb of Chester Hill. It is served by Sydney Trains' T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line services. Chester Hill railway station is situated 1¼ km southeast of Villawood Immigration Detention Centre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South West and Parramatta.
South West
Southwestern Sydney is a large residential area to the south and west of Sydney, including the centres of Cabramatta and Liverpool. The district also covers the Canterbury-Bankstown area, but not the Macarthur suburbs.
Parramatta
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Parramatta is a western district of Sydney, a city in its own right within the Sydney Metropolitan Area, and the second oldest European settlement on the Australian mainland.
Newington
Suburb
Newington is a western suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 16 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of City of Parramatta. Newington is situated 8 km northeast of Villawood Immigration Detention Centre.
Villawood Immigration Detention Centre
- Categories: Australian immigration detention facility and government building
- Location: Canterbury-Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-33.87503° or 33° 52′ 30″ southLongitude
150.99026° or 150° 59′ 25″ eastOpen location code
4RRG4XFR+X4OpenStreetMap ID
way 203046493OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=prisonWikidata ID
Q7930980
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In Other Languages
From German to Japanese—“Villawood Immigration Detention Centre” goes by many names.
- German: “Villawood Immigration Detention Centre”
- Japanese: “ヴィラウッド移民収容センター”
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