One of the older suburbs being established in 1904, Quakers Hill is colloquially known as 'Quakers'. Now "divided" by the overpass M7, Quakers Hill is 40 kilometres west of the Sydney CBD.
There used to be a lot of chicken farms in the area until its re-development in the 90s'. And now, most of the dwellings are townhouses. Constructions of townhouses continue.
It hosts a train station.
In the state electorate district, Quakers Hill is part of Blacktown and Riverstone. In the federal division, Chifley and Greenway, both stronghold of the Labor party, cover the area.
The suburb hosts Quakers Hill Masjid, established in 2009, and serves as a place for Muslims living in the suburb and other neighbouring areas to come together for information, education and their daily prayers.
In the Blacktown area, many Catholic churches have Filipinos as their assistant parish priest, but, at the moment, there's only one Filipino Parish priest - Fr. Ruben Elago of Mary Immaculate Catholic Church.
Quakers Hill is home to a few schools and educational institutions. The oldest is Quakers Hill Public School, opened in 1912. To cope with growing population, Barnier and Hambledon primary schools opened in the 1990s. High schools are split between Quakers Hill High School for Years 7-10, and Wyndham College, for years 11-12. A Catholic primary school (Mary Immaculate) and high school (St Paul John II Catholic, formerly Terra Sancta College) also operate. Aside from Wyndham College and St Paul John II College, the so-called Nirimba Education Precinct houses both Nirimba TAFE College and the University of Western Sydney, Blacktown Campus, which offer post-secondary education.
Quakers Hill is also host to at least three childcare centres, especially on Lalor Rd, and near the railway station reflecting an image of a young community. One of the child care centres lining up Lalor Road in Quakers Hill, is the Filipino-Australian family-owned Learning Blocks which employs several Filipino-Australian staff including Lenie Jalop who has this to say about Quakers Hill:
For animal lovers, the place is ideal as it hosts a big animal hospital, Quakers Hill Veterinary Hospital http://www.quakershillvethospital.com.au/
It has a big police station which also caters to neighbouring suburbs.
Snapshots of the suburb Image
Filipino establishments
There was a time when Filipinos owned small establishments in the area, but they were overtaken by the Chinese and Indian entrepreneurs. Now it is left with one owned by a Filipino, Chow King (formerly Pag-asa Asian Store). A long-time resident, Dr Corazon Franciso still maintains a medical clinic on Tallagandra Street.
