Youth Drop In

Grab your friends and drop-In to Strathfield Council Library and Innovation Hub on Thursday afternoons. Play some games or just hang out.  Open to ages 12-24, Thursdays, 3.30pm - 8pm.

Thank you Skateboarders!

Big thanks to everyone who took the Cooke Park skate park survey and those who came to the workshop! We received a lot of great feedback which will be used to create a proposal for the park. Stay tuned to the eNews for updates.

Homebush Village Upgrade

Works are underway at Homebush Village for this year's upgrade. Two temporary roundabouts have been installed, and parking has changed to 90 degrees on Burlington Road. Visit the website to keep up to date with the changes.

Graffiti Removal Day

Local Councils spend millions of your rate dollars each year cleaning up graffiti. Get in the community spirit and help clean up our home this Graffiti Removal Day on 28 March.

Electric Charging Stations Online

Electric cars are better for the planet and your hip pocket. Now you can charge up at Strathfield Square and Bressington Park while you do your shopping with the installation of 2 new chargers!

Drive Thru Recycling Day

Gather up your e-waste, old clothes, whitegoods and more, and head to the Council Depot on 10 April to recycle them for free!

Notorious Criminal's Dash for Liberty

On 25 March 1918, Walter Sutherland, a ‘clever and dangerous’ criminal from Melbourne escaped through the window of a train at Strathfield Railway Station. Just a few months into a ten year sentence for break, enter and stealing, he was returning to Bathurst Gaol with his warder. Injured, handcuffed and in prison garb, he was sighted at Flemington, Homebush and Lidcombe during the next few days. By April a reward of £100 was offered for information leading to his re-arrest. Despite this he managed to remain at large until August when he was found asleep in a house in Woolloomooloo.

Walter Sutherland, also known as Walter Mitchell and Andrew Cooper. Image courtesy of State Archives of NSW