History

It’s worthwhile to take a quick look at those who have called Victoria Park home in earlier times.

Back in 1908, when horse and carriages still traversed city streets, Victoria Park featured on the social agenda as a racetrack. Believed to be named after Victoria Park in London, the track was formed after the original Waterloo swamp was drained.

Buy 1930, the site had become home to the Australian Trotting Club. When the Second World War broke out the Australian Army moved in to establish an Ordinance Unit. In 1945 the site returned to the relative peace of galloping horses.

During the post-war economic boom years, Viscount Nuffield’s British Motor Company of Australia opened the ‘most modern car manufacturing plant in the Southern Hemisphere‘ where 7,000 people crafted the famous Morris, MG and Austin brands.

Leyland Australia’s closure of the plant in 1974 opened it up for the Navy to sail in the following year. For the next 23 years the Naval Supply Centre benefitted from Victoria Park’s size and handy location.

Now, Landcom’s Victoria Park development begins a new era. As an icon development in the wider Green Square urban renewal project, Victoria Park signals the vibrant future of Sydney’s outer East.