Boronia Grove Community Centre Mural

Epping is a suburb in the City of Parramatta Council. It is located 10.8km away from the Parramatta CBD and is 18km north-west of the Sydney CBD. Epping is also located approximately 7km away from Macquarie University and 8km away from the Macquarie Park Business Centre. Epping is a community in rapid transition.

Over the past 10 years, the suburb has transformed from a largely Anglo-Australian community to one that is highly culturally diverse. 56% of Epping’s residents are first-generation immigrants, with most immigrants coming from China, South Korea and India.

Epping has Federation houses and multi-storey high-rise residential dwellings. Most of the residents fall in the 35-49 year old age group, and the median age is 35.

Boronia Grove Community Centre is located in the heart of Epping (40 Victoria Street, Epping). It is located 5 minutes’ walk from Epping train station.

The council building is situated next to an open-air car park to the north; an area of remnant blue gum high forest trees directly adjoining the building to the east; a residential tower to the south; and Boronia Park and a war memorial cenotaph to the west.

The front entry to the building is on the eastern side. The café is located on the western side and has its own discrete entry.

Council purchased Boronia Grove Community Centre in 2019. Prior to this, the building was used by the Masonic Club as a meeting space, as well as a function centre for weddings and events. Council also owns the adjoining Boronia Park and the open-air car park.

The Centre encompasses:

• 5 community meeting rooms
• 1 x arts room
• 2 x office spaces
• 1 x café space

The community meeting rooms, arts room and office spaces are hireable to members of the public.

The café has been leased out to a social enterprise – Darcy Street Project / Macquarie Community College. The café will serve light meals and refreshments. The Centre’s approved operational hours are:

• Sun - Thurs 8:00am to 10:00pm
• Fri & Sat 8:00am to 12:00am

The mural is planned for the exterior northern wall of the building (i.e. the wall that faces the car park). The mural can be across all or parts of this wall.

The wall is around 6.8m high and 21.2m in length. The building is located on a slightly slopped incline.

This project has been funded by City of Parramatta in partnership with Bendigo Community Bank Epping.