Earlwood Taxi

Earlwood is located 12 kilometers south of the Sydney central business district, this inner western suburb is in the local government area of the City of Canterbury. Since the 1960′s the area has been strongly associated with Greece and Greek culture.

Earlwood began in 1829 as a logging camp called Parkes Camp. It was discovered in the 1800′s by the Puopolo family as the area was cleared. It was suitable for farming and by 1879 it had become known as Parkes town. Around 1905 the name was changed to Forest Hill and then changed again in 1918 to Earlwood.

The Earl was said to have commemorated the former mayor of Canterbury and the wood from the surname of two brothers who owned a poultry and pig farm on Wolli Creek. The Earlwood estate was a subdivision in the area of the current Earlwood Primary School. Earlwood is a mostly residential area with some commercial developments around Homer Street.