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HISTORY 2000 acres (8 km²) of the land was granted to D'arcy Wentworth in 1810, the father of William Wentworth , the famous Blue Mountains explorer, ''Wentworthville'' and Wentworth Falls , in the Blue Mountains, were named after the Wentworth family. In the 1800s a land boom in the area attracted people into the area, land was subdivided for housing and small farms. The railway line had been put through on its way to Windsor, in 1864, but it wasn't until 1883 that Wentworthville got its own public railway station. TRANSPORTATION Wentworthville is on the Western Line that connects Sydney to Penrith , and beyond to the Blue Mountains and western New South Wales. The trip to Sydney typically takes 35 minutes. Buses also run to Merrylands, Parramatta, Blacktown and the Hills area. EXTERNAL LINKS
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