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The City of Holroyd is [for now] a local government area to the west and
south of the city of Parramatta in the west of Sydney's metropolitan area, about
25 km west of the CBD. Bounded partly by Sydney's Western and Southern railway
lines, the city has a roughly diamond shape, stretching from Toongabbie in the
north to Granville in the east, Yennora in the south and Pemulwuy/Prospect Hill
in the west.
It was formed as the Municipal District of Prospect and
Sherwood in 1872, being renamed in honour of the first mayor, Arthur Holroyd.
Brick-making was one of the early industries in the municipality, especially in
the east, while in the north, the Bonds Cotton Mill in Pendle Hill was the
origin of the Bonds clothing brand.
The area has a steadily growing
population, reaching 99,000 at the 2011 census. Holroyd was granted city status
in 1990.
Holroyd has a relatively rarely used flag made up of a light
blue field with the Council's coat of arms. The shield is quartered blue and
black with yellow charges in each quarter, with a thin white border and thin
white line separating the top quarters from the bottom. The vertical boundary of
the quarters is occupied by a black and yellow torch with red flame. The charges
in each quarter are - yellow cornucopia on blue, yellow house on black, yellow
factory on black, and yellow (stack of bricks?) on blue, and seem to
representative of the residential areas and early industries of Holroyd.
Below the shield is a ribbon with the Latin motto 'Progrediamur', translated
"Let us progress", suggesting the torch is used as a symbol of progress. Above
the shield are ribbons bearing the name "CITY OF" "HOLROYD", while for
supporters there are two sprigs of foliage with red flowers with darkened
centre, which I think are probably intended to be Waratahs (Telopea
speciosissima, the state floral emblem).
In correspondence with me,
Council's Events Officer has called the flag the "Mayoral Flag" and told me that
The blue flag with Holroyd City's Mayoral crest is flown when Holroyd defeats Parramatta in our yearly cricket match - as you are aware of.A photo of the council chambers in Merrylands around 1970 in shows this flag flying alongside the national flag above the building. (p82, 140 Years of Holroyd's History, http://www.holroyd.nsw.gov.au/library/ebooks/140YearsofHolroydsHistory/index.html#/82).
The flag is flown for special Council functions and also flown at various events held in Hay NSW as part of the alliance between Holroyd City Council and Hay shire Council.