Aboriginal people in the Sydney district were clans of larger groups sharing a common language.

Three language groups have been identified in the Sydney Region – the Kuringgai (or Guringai), the Dharug (or Dharruk / Dharuk / Darug), and the Dharawal (or Tharawal).

Land originally granted to Surgeon William Balmain in 1794, in the district of the Field of Mars, was bestowed the name 'Meadow Bank'.

Balmain returned to England in 1801, leaving his estates to be managed by fellow surgeon D'Arcy Wentworth.

John Bennett died in July 1829, a bachelor, and his nephew inherited his estate, building Meadowbank House around 1835.

The estate was subdivided in the late 1880s, given impetus by the opening of the Main Northern railway line from Strathfield to Hornsby in 1886.

[2] Meadowbank Public Baths established in 1895 was a former recreation destination but were closed in 1943 due to pollution from Homebush Bay.

[3] Shepherds Bay Row Boat ferry services were established as early as 1794 from Schooner Wharf (Belmore Road, near Helene Park) taking passengers to the Concord shore.

Ten years later, when a man was killed whilst bathing at Ryde Wharf, the issue was raised again.

Meadowbank has waterfront high-rise apartments with views of the Parramatta River, and cafés and restaurants along the water's edge.

It is one of the largest TAFE NSW colleges in Sydney, at approximately 15 thousand square metres.

The most common countries of birth were China 11.7%, South Korea 7.8%, India 6.1%, Philippines 3.7% and Hong Kong 2.8%.

The table contains first-preference votes for each candidate at a state and federal level with the Meadowbank polling place results for each column.