Schofields, New South Wales

The St John Paul II Catholic College is a dual schoolcampus independent Roman Catholic co-educational secondary day school, with campuses located in Nirimba Fields and Schofields, in the City of Blacktown in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Schofields railway station is located on the Richmond line, serving the Sydney suburb of Schofields. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 Western and T5 Cumberland line services.

Tallawong is a suburb of Blacktown in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Tallawong is in north-west Greater Sydney Area in the local government area of Blacktown. It is named after the metro station located within its boundaries, which opened in May 2019. Tallawong is a Darug word meaning apple gum tree.

HMS Nabthorpe was a Royal Navy, (RN), Mobile Operational Naval Air Base (MONAB) situated at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) base RAAF Station Schofields located at Schofields, New South Wales during the final year of the Second World War. HMS Nabthorpe was also known as MONAB III and Royal Naval Air Station Schofields (or RNAS Schofields).

RAAF Station Schofields is a former Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) military air base and aerodrome located at Schofields, a suburb of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. The aerodrome was used during World War II and was in operation between 1942 and 1944.

On 18 November 2011, an early morning fire at Quakers Hill Nursing Home in Sydney, Australia killed eleven elderly residents, seriously injured others and caused the evacuation of up to 100 people. Three people died in the fire, and a further eight residents of the home died later in hospital from their injuries. The fire started in two places and was regarded by police as suspicious. A nurse working in the home, 36-year-old Roger Dean, was arrested and charged with four counts of murder. He was later charged over more subsequent deaths.

Riverstone High School, is a co-educational, comprehensive high school located on the northwest fringes of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Riverstone High School was established in January 1962 at 71 McCulloch Street, Riverstone.In 1999, the school joined the Nirimba Collegiate, which also includes nearby Quakers Hill High School, Seven Hills High School, and Wyndham College. Riverstone operates from Year 7 through 10. Senior schooling, Years 11-12 are completed at Wyndham College. The school once again offers Years 11 and 12 from 2020 onwards. In 1979–80, 970 students attended the school from year 7 to 12.The school emblem is an oval with a navy surround. The centre is light blue with a red kangaroo. The school's motto, "PRIDE", is printed on a red boomerang. The school auditorium was constructed in the early 1970s and opened in 1975. It was named the Jack Lang Auditorium in honour of the Labour politician John Thomas 'Jack' Lang, who lived at nearby Schofields for the last years of his life.

Tallawong railway station, originally known as Cudgegong Road railway station, is a Sydney Metro station near the intersection of Cudgegong and Schofield Roads in Tallawong, New South Wales, Australia. The station is the terminus of the Metro North West Line on the Sydney Metro network. Beyond the station lies the Tallawong depot, where all metro rolling stock is stabled.

Nirimba Fields is a suburb of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Nirimba Fields is in north-west Sydney in the local government area of Blacktown. Nirimba is a Dharug word meaning pelican.

The Ponds is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Ponds is located approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) west-northwest (WNW) of the Sydney central business district in the Blacktown local government area. At the 2016 census, The Ponds had an estimated resident population of 11,731.

Quakers Hill railway station is located on the Richmond line, serving the Sydney suburb of Quakers Hill. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 Western and T5 Cumberland line services.

Riverstone ( ) (postcode: 2765) is a suburb of Blacktown, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Riverstone is located 48 kilometres (30 mi) north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the Blacktown local government area; parts of the Greater Western Sydney region. Originally settled in 1803 as part of a government stock farm, Riverstone is one of the oldest towns in Australia. As at the 2016 census, Riverstone had an estimated population of 7,248.