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'''Operation 40''' was a [[CIA]]-sponsored undercover operation in the early 1960s, which was active in the [[Caribbean]] (including [[Cuba]]), [[Central America]], and [[Mexico]]. Created by US President [[Eisenhower]] in March 1960 after the 1959 [[Cuban Revolution]] and presided by vice-president [[Richard M. Nixon]], it included people such as [[Frank Sturgis]] (who would later become one of the [[Watergate]] burglars), [[Félix Rodríguez (Central Intelligence Agency)|Felix Rodriguez]] (a CIA agent who later hunted down [[Che Guevara]]), [[Luis Posada Carriles]] (now held in the US under illegal immigration charges, he is demanded by [[Venezuela]] for his key role in the execution of the 1976 [[Cubana Flight 455]] bombing), [[Orlando Bosch]] (founder of the [[CORU]] counter-revolutionary organization, which organized Chilean former minister [[Orlando Letelier]]'s murder in 1976), [[Rafael Quintero|Rafael 'Chi Chi' Quintero]], [[Virgilio Paz Romero]], [[Pedro Luis Diaz Lanz]], [[Bernard Barker]], etc. Members took part in the April 1961 [[Bay of Pigs invasion]] directed against [[Fidel Castro]]'s regime. Operation 40 had 86 employees in 1961, of which 37 were trained as case officers.

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| city = Sydney

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| image = Carlingford_carlovillage.jpg

| caption = Carlingford Village Shopping Centre

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| parish = [[Field of Mars Parish, Cumberland|Field of Mars]]

| postcode = 2118

| pop = 19,678 (2001 census)

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| near-n = [[Beecroft, New South Wales|Beecroft]]

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'''Carlingford''' (Postcode 2118, S33.777 E151.048) is a [[suburb]] located approximately 22&nbsp;km north-west of central [[Sydney]], [[Australia]], covering an area of 7.9 square kilometres on the south-eastern outskirts of the [[Hills District]]. It is one of the busier suburbs within the Hills with many businesses available in the large town centre. To the east lies [[Epping, New South Wales|Epping]]; to the north lie [[Beecroft, New South Wales|Beecroft]], [[North Rocks, New South Wales|North Rocks]] and [[West Pennant Hills, New South Wales|West Pennant Hills]]; to the west [[North Parramatta, New South Wales|North Parramatta]] and to the south [[Oatlands, New South Wales|Oatlands]] and [[Telopea, New South Wales|Telopea]].

==History and urban character==

==Origins==

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Following the [[Cuban Revolution]], on [[11 December]] [[1959]], [[Colonel J. C. King]], chief of CIA's Western Hemisphere Division, sent a confidential memorandum to [[Allen W. Dulles]], the director of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]]. King argued that in Cuba there existed a "far-left dictatorship, which if allowed to remain will encourage similar actions against U.S. holdings in other Latin American countries."

Originally, the area of Carlingford was called [[Mobbs Hill, New South Wales|Mobbs Hill]], named after the ex-convict settler William Mobbs, who is credited for bringing [[orange (fruit)|orange]]s to Australia. Carlingford received its current name after a vote in 1886 by the residents. The name was suggested by Frederick Cox after he heard one of his employees describe similarities between Mobbs Hill and the town of [[Carlingford, County Louth|Carlingford]], located in the east of [[Ireland]]. Carlingford was also probably named in honour of [[Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford|The Lord Carlingford]].

The area was settled in the mid-[[1800]]s and, at the time, was an [[agriculture|agricultural]] area on the outskirts of Sydney. Like much of the Hills District, Carlingford was a significant orange-growing area for the city. [[Pennant Hills Road]], then a major arterial road from Parramatta to the northern suburbs, was a major route of transportation for agricultural produce from the area. When the train line which terminates at [[Carlingford railway station, Sydney|Carlingford Railway Station]] was completed in 1896, it, too, became a major route for the area. Carlingford Produce, a gardening and agricultural-materials seller located next to the train station, is located in the former train workshops. This store, much like James Ruse Agricultural High School (see below) remain as testaments to the agricultural history of the suburb.

As a result of this memorandum Dulles established a ZR/RIFLE unit named Operation 40, from the "Group of 40" of the National Security Council group that followed Cuba. The group was presided over by then-Vice President [[Richard M. Nixon]] and included Admiral [[Arleigh Burke]], [[Livingston T. Merchant|Livingston Merchant]] of the State Department, National Security Adviser [[Gordon Gray]], and [[Allen Dulles]] of the CIA.

[[Tracy Barnes]] functioned as operating office of the [[Cuban Task Force]]. He called a meeting on 18 January 1960, in his temporary office near the Lincoln Memorial. Those attending included [[David Atlee Phillips]], [[Jacob Esterline|Jacob 'Jack' Esterline]], [[E. Howard Hunt]], and [[Frank Bender]], all of the CIA.<ref>Fabian Escalante, ''The Secret War: CIA Covert Operations Against Cuba, 1959-62'' [1995], "Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders," 11/20/75; Furiati pp.14-15; Fonzi chronology p.415</ref> Barnes, Phillips, Esterine, Hunt, [[David Sanchez Morales]] and others had previously worked together in the 1954 overthrow of [[Jacobo Arbenz]] in Guatemala, organized by the CIA under the code-name [[Operation PBSUCCESS]].

In April [[1923]] the [[Wesley Mission|Wesley Central Mission]] established the Dalmar Children's Homes on fifteen acres of land near Marsden Road in the eastern end of the suburb. The property eventually had many cottages, together with a hospital, an orchard and vegetable gardens. The land is now the site of the Alan Walker Retirement Village.

On 17 March 1960, President Eisenhower signed a National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program authorizing the CIA to organize, train, and equip Cuban refugees as a guerilla force to overthrow Castro.

As Sydney rapidly expanded, following [[World War II]], Carlingford underwent rapid [[urbanisation]] starting in the late [[1960]]s. The presence of James Ruse Agricultural High School, established in [[1959]], is a testament to the agricultural history of Carlingford as well as the rapid pace of urbanisation; which soon made the school, and its large farm, somewhat of an anomaly amongst the 1970s- and 1980s-style houses which dominate the suburb. More recently, in the [[1990]]s, the government policy of [[urban consolidation]] has seen the development of high-density units and [[apartment block]]s around the town centre and the train station. There have also been redevelopments of older houses into medium-density [[Rowhouse|townhouse]]s, and [[Semi-detached|duplex housing]].

The group recruited former Batista-regime intelligence officers and mob henchmen like Eladio del Valle and Rolando Masferrer, soldiers of fortune like [[Frank Sturgis]], and CIA case officers like Col. William Bishop and David Morales, who managed teams of assassins.<ref> Mahoney p 174-175; HSCA staff reports</ref>

In 1961, the [[HMS K13|K13]] memorial was unveiled, and stands as a prominent feature in Carlingford, passed by thousands of motorists along [[Pennant Hills Road]] each day.

[[Image:Porter Goss, Barry Seal, Felix Rodriguez, et al.jpg|thumb|Felix Rodriguez, Porter Goss, Barry Seal, and others, Mexico City [[22 January]] [[1963]]]]

==Population statistics==

==Members==

[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] data from the 2001 [[census]] records the population of Carlingford as 19,678 residents, with a gender mix of 49% males and 51% females in line with the rest of the Australian population. (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2002)

Over the next few years Operation 40 worked closely with several anti-Castro Cuban organizations including [[Alpha 66]], a Cuban US-supported paramilitary group which trained in the [[Everglades]]. CIA officials and agents such as William Harvey, Thomas Clines, [[Porter Goss]], Gerry Hemming, David Morales, Carl E. Jenkins, [[Bernard Barker]], [[Tosh Plumlee]], and William C. Bishop also joined the project. (Later, [[Ted Shackley]] played a role, as CIA station-chief in Miami after the Bay of Pigs invasion.)

==Commerce==

The individuals who comprised Operation 40 had been selected in Miami by Joaquin Sangenis, former Chief of Police during President Carlos Prio's regime. Operation 40 had 86 employees in 1961, of which 37 were trained as case officers. These included: [[Frank Sturgis]], [[Félix Rodríguez (Central Intelligence Agency)|Felix Rodriguez]], Antonio Veciana, [[Luis Posada Carriles]], [[Orlando Bosch]], [[Rafael Quintero|Rafael 'Chi Chi' Quintero]], Roland Masferrer, Eladio del Valle, Guillermo Novo, Carlos Bringuier, Eugenio 'Musculito' Martinez, Antonio Cuesta, Hermino Diaz Garcia, Juan Manuel Salvat, Ricardo Morales Navarrete, Isidro Borjas, [[Virgilio Paz Romero]], Jose Dionisio Suarez, Felipe Rivero, Gaspar 'Gasparito' Jimenez Escobedo, Nazario Sargent, [[Pedro Luis Diaz Lanz]], Jose Basulto, Alvin Ross, Ricardo Morales Navarrete, Juan Manuel Salvat, (Cuban-American) [[Bernard Barker]], and Paulino Sierra. [[Barry Seal]] may have flown for Op 40.

[[Image:Carlingford carlocourt.jpg|thumb|300px|Carlingford Court Shopping Centre.]]

Carlingford has two [[shopping centre]]s - Carlingford Court, which underwent major reconstruction in the late [[1990]]s, and Carlingford Village. Carlingford Court is a typical suburban shopping centre, and is home to major businesses such as Target and Fitness First. Carlingford Village is a smaller shopping complex, which has many Asian food outlets and tends to appeal more to the Chinese community. {{fact}}

The Carlingford town centre, located on [[Pennant Hills Road]], also comprises a number of street shops. The centre recently underwent minor redevelopment, including the relocation of Target to the old second floor [[Myer]] store which closed on the March 31, 2006.

A letter dated [[8 February]] [[1961]] signed by [[Félix Rodríguez (Central Intelligence Agency)|Felipe Rodriguez]] of the CIA, lists the leaders and men of "la COMPANIA DE INTELIGENCIA Y RECONOCIMIENTO (Operacion-40)". This letter also has names and information as to member status of death, prison, of various Bay of Pigs participant. (Letter obtained from Brigade Headquarters.)[http://cuban-exile.com/doc_026-050/doc0034.html] Among the names listed are: Jose Manuel Alvarez Pascual, Rafael D. Arce Godinez, Enrique Jose Casares Blanco, Miguel Cossio (Cosio Rosales), Arsenio Felipe De Diego Aday, Carlos Alberto De Diego Aday, Alberto J. Farinas Alzugaray (Alzagaray), Jorge Luis Fernandez Lopez Callejas, Federico M. Flaquer (Flagler) Carballar, Mario Fuentes Macias, Héctor A. de Lamar Maza, Mario Luis de Lamar Maza, Vicente Leon Leon, Fernando J. Milanes Morales, Ramon Eduardo Pages Morales, Carlos Pascual Noriega, Eddy Perez,Ramon Perez Veitia (Veytia), Ramon Pla Perez, Pedro Salvador Puig Gomez, Jose Manuel ('Manolo') Reboso (Reposo) Bello, Felipe Rodriguez, and Rogelio ZAYAS Bazan Loret de Mola.[http://cuban-exile.com/doc_026-050/doc0035.html]

There are also several shopping strips elsewhere in Carlingford - near Carlingford station, including the only [[pub]] in Carlingford (Carlingford Bowling Club).

==Operations==

On [[4 March]] [[1960]], ''[[La Coubre explosion|La Coubre]]'', a ship flying a Belgian flag, exploded in Havana Bay. It was loaded with arms and ammunition that had been sent to Cuba's revolutionary Castro regime. A second bomb was set nearby and timed to go off later - to kill the volunteers attempting to rescue the (primarily civilian) victims of the first explosion. The explosions killed 75 people and over 200 were injured. [[Fabian Escalante]], an officer of the Department of State Security ([[G-2]]), later claimed that this was the first successful act carried out by Operation 40.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} Operation 40 was not only involved in sabotage operations. One member, [[Frank Sturgis]], allegedly told author Mike Canfield: "this assassination group (Operation 40) would upon orders, naturally, assassinate either members of the military or the political parties of the foreign country that you were going to infiltrate, and if necessary some of your own members who were suspected of being foreign agents... We were concentrating strictly in Cuba at that particular time." The group sought to incite civil war in Cuba against Castro. "In October 1960, they realize that this project has failed, and that is when [[Brigade 2506]]" was created, a CIA-sponsored group made up of 1,511 Cuban exiles who fought in the April 1961 [[Bay of Pigs Invasion]].

==Politics==

The group played a major role in the Bay of Pigs invasion. "The first news that we have of Operation 40 is a statement made by a mercenary of the Bay of Pigs who was the chief of military intelligence of the invading brigade and whose name was Jose Raúl de Varona Gonzalez," writes Escalante. "In his statement this man said the following: in the month of March, 1961, around the seventh, Mr. Vicente Leon arrived at the base in Guatemala at the head of some 53 men saying that he had been sent by the office of Mr. Joaquin Sanjenis, Chief of Civilian Intelligence, with a mission he said was called Operation 40. It was a special group that didn't have anything to do with the brigade and which would go in the rearguard occupying towns and cities. His prime mission was to take over the files of intelligence agencies, public buildings, banks, industries, and capture the heads and leaders in all of the cities and interrogate them. Interrogate them in his own way”.

Carlingford falls under the jurisdiction of several Local Government Areas: the [[City of Parramatta]] in the south, [[Hornsby Shire]] in the north-east, and [[Baulkham Hills Shire]] in the north-west. Similarly it falls under several [[Australia|Commonwealth]] ([[Division of Berowra|Berowra]], [[Division of Bennelong|Bennelong]], [[Division of Mitchell|Mitchell]], [[Division of Parramatta|Parramatta]]) and [[New South Wales|State]] ([[Electoral district of Epping|Epping]], [[Electoral district of Baulkham Hills|Baulkham Hills]], [[Electoral district of Parramatta|Parramatta]], [[Electoral district of The Hills|The Hills]]) electoral divisions/districts.

The population of Carlingford, as with the rest of northern Sydney is relatively affluent. [[Baulkham Hills Shire]] and [[Hornsby Shire]] councils generally have a majority of conservative councillors. Most of the electoral divisions that Carlingford lies within have historically been held by the [[Liberal Party of Australia]]. The exception is Parramatta City Council, and the electoral division and district of Parramatta which include sections of southern Sydney and tend to be marginal seats.

In a [[9 June]] [[1961]] [http://cuban-exile.com/doc_351-375/doc0355.html memorandum] to [[Richard Goodwin]], historian and Kennedy advisor [[Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.]] wrote: "Sam Halper, who has been the ''[NY] Times'' correspondent in Havana and more recently in Miami, came to see me last week. He has excellent contracts among the Cuban exiles. ... Halper says that CIA set up something called Operation 40 under the direction of a man named (as he recalled) Captain Luis Sanjenis, who was also chief of intelligence. ... But the CIA agent in charge, a man known as Felix, trained the members of the group in methods of third degree interrogation, torture and general terrorism. The liberal Cuban exiles believe that the real purpose of Operation 40 was to 'kill Communists' and, after eliminating hard-core Fidelistas, to go on to eliminate first the followers of Ray, then the followers of Varona and finally to set up a right wing dictatorship, presumably under Artime. ... The exiles believe that all these things had CIA approval. ... Nice fellows."

The Commonwealth Electoral Divisions of [[Division of Berowra|Berowra]], currently held by The Hon. The [[Attorney-General]] [[Philip Ruddock]] MP, and [[Division of Mitchell|Mitchell]], currently held by The Hon. [[Alan Cadman]] MP; are safe [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] seats. The Commonwealth Electoral Division of [[Division of Bennelong|Bennelong]], currently held by The Hon. The [[Prime Minister]] [[John Winston Howard|John Howard]] MP is a marginal [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] seat. The Commonwealth Electoral Division of Parramatta, currently held by Ms [[Julie Owens]] MP, is an [[Australian Labor Party|ALP]] seat by a narrow margin; regained from the previous Liberal member [[Ross Cameron]] in the [[Australian legislative election, 2004|2004 election]].

== References ==

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The State Electoral Districts of [[Electoral district of Baulkham Hills|Baulkham Hills]], currently held by Mr Wayne Merton MLA; Epping, currently held by Shadow [[Attorney-General]] Andrew Tink MLA; and [[Electoral district of The Hills|The Hills]], currently held by Shadow Environment Minister Mr Michael Richardson MLA; are safe [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] seats. The [[Electoral district of Parramatta|State Electoral District of Parramatta]], currently held by Ms Tanya Gadiel MLA, is a safe [[Australian Labor Party|ALP]] seat.

==See also==

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*[[Bay of Pigs invasion]]

*[[E. Howard Hunt]]

*[[David Atlee Phillips]]

*[[Félix Rodríguez (Central Intelligence Agency)|Felix Rodriguez]]

*[[Richard Bissell]]

*[[Frank Sturgis]]

*[[Guillermo Hernández-Cartaya]]

*[[Porter Goss]]

*[[Barry Seal]]

*[[Zapata Corporation]]

*[[Watergate scandal]]

==Bibliography Transport==

[[Image:Carlingford railway station.jpg|thumb|300px|The end of the line at Carlingford railway station. Also visible, to the left, is Carlingford Produce.]]

*Fabian Escalante, ''The Secret War: CIA Covert Operations Against Cuba, 1959-62'' [1995]

[[Image:Carlingford cumbohwy.jpg|thumb|300px|Cumberland Highway, Carlingford]]

* Statement of Information: Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives. United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. 1974. "specially trained to capture documents of the Castro government"

*''The Man Who Knew Too Much: Hired to Kill Oswald and Prevent the Assassination of JFK'' by Dick Russell, (2003)

* ''Tangled Webs'' Vol. I - Page 73, by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn

*''The Castro Obsession: U.S. Covert Operations Against Cuba, 1959-1965'' - Page 303 by Don Bohning - History - 2005 - 320 pages

*''Cocaine Politics: Drugs, Armies, and the CIA in Central America'', PD Scott, J Marshall, (1998)

* ''Files on JFK'' by Wim Dankbaar, (2005)

As with much of Sydney, Carlingford has relatively limited public transport access, which is reflected in the low public transport patronage by commuters. In the 2001 census, 6% of commuters travelled to work via trains while 2% used buses.

==External Sources==

*[http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/bayofpigs/ GWU National Security Archives] on Bay of Pigs invasion.

*[http://cuban-exile.com Cuban Information Archives].

*[http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/bayofpigs/ Bay of Pigs documents] and 40th anniversary conference papers, GWU National Security Archives.

There are a number of bus services which pass through Carlingford. Harris Park Transport, a now defunct bus company, used to operate routes 623, 624, 625, 628, and 629 which pass through the suburb. The 630 was operated by Red Arrow, a joint-venture of Harris Park Transport and [[Westbus]]. As of February 2005, these former Harris Park services (with the exception of route 630) are operated by [[Sydney Buses]] ([[State Transit Authority of New South Wales]]). Previously routes 513 and 521 were the only Sydney Buses services through Carlingford. The former 621 and 622 Citybus Direct (owned by Harris Park Transport) routes from Carlingford to the city proved to be uneconomical and were eliminated.

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Current bus lines operated by Sydney Buses include:

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* 513 [[West Ryde, New South Wales|West Ryde]] to Carlingford

* 521 [[Parramatta]] to [[Eastwood, New South Wales|Eastwood]]

* 623 [[Beecroft, New South Wales|Beecroft]] to [[Parramatta]]

* 624 [[Parramatta]] to [[Epping, New South Wales|Epping]] via [[Pennant Hills Road]], Carlingford

* 628 [[Epping, New South Wales|Epping]] to Carlingford

* 629 [[Epping, New South Wales|Epping]] to [[North Rocks, New South Wales|North Rocks]]

Current bus lines operated by Hillsbus include:

* 610 [[Castle Hill, New South Wales|Castle Hill]] to City via Oakes Road M2 Bus Station

* 611 [[Blacktown, New South Wales|Blacktown]] to [[Macquarie Centre]] via Oakes Road M2 Bus Station

* 625 [[Parramatta]] to [[Pennant Hills, New South Wales|Pennant Hills]] via [[Pennant Hills Road]], Carlingford

* 627 [[Parramatta]] to [[Cherrybrook, New South Wales|Cherrybrook]] via [[Pennant Hills Road]], Carlingford

* 630 [[Blacktown, New South Wales|Blacktown]] to [[Macquarie Park, New South Wales|Macquarie Park]] (in conjunction with Westbus)

=== Railways ===

[[CityRail]] provides an infrequent train service at [[Carlingford railway station, Sydney|Carlingford Station]], which is the terminus of the [[Carlingford railway line, Sydney|Carlingford Line]]. The Carlingford Line is a mostly single-track line. There is currently only one service in the early morning which connects to the city directly, at other times a train-change at [[Clyde, New South Wales|Clyde]], is necessary to reach other stations, and consequently the service has a low patronage. As part of the [[CityRail Clearways Project]], a passing loop has been promised to the Carlingford Line with two services per hour all day to become effective in [[2010]].

=== Roads ===

Carlingford suffers from major traffic congestion during morning and afternoon peaks. Because of the limited public transport most residents travel to work by cars. In the 2001 census, 60% stated their main method of getting to work was driving their own vehicle. The Cumberland Highway, a major north-south route through greater Sydney, intersects Carlingford in the form of Pennant Hills Road. As well, many motorists commuting from the Hills District and the growing north-west areas of Sydney travel through Carlingford to the city.

The [[M2 Hills Motorway (Sydney)|M2 Hills Motorway]], part of the Sydney orbital road, runs through northern Carlingford providing a route to the city and [[North Sydney]]. Since the [[Westlink M7|Westlink M7 Motorway]] was finished, completing the Sydney Orbital, it has replaced the Cumberland Highway as the north-south national highway. This has, however, not relieved much of the traffic congestion on [[Pennant Hills Road]] (south of the M2 Hills Motorway), and has increased traffic congestion on the M2 Hills Motorway {{Fact|date=April 2007}}.

The area of Carlingford to the east of Pennant Hills Road and North of Carlingford Road, was built mostly in the years, post WWII. There is an area of streets named after famous North African battle fields.

==Sport==

Carlingford has many sporting clubs participating in many different sports, and at many locations around the Hills District including:

*[http://carlingfordbaseball.com.au/ Carlingford Baseball]

*[http://www.isport.com.au/netball/hills/hgchome.cl?PT=&C=CAR Carlingford Netball]

*Carlingford Redbacks Soccer

*Carlingford Cricket

*[[North Rocks Soccer Football Club|North Rocks Soccer Club]], which is actually in Carlingford, rather than in [[North Rocks, New South Wales|North Rocks]].

==Schools==

Carlingford is the ___location of a large number of [[public school|public]] and [[private school]]s. Indeed some residents have chosen to move to Carlingford because of the reputation of the schools there and in nearby suburbs.

===Public primary schools===

*[http://www.carlingfor-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/home.html Carlingford Public School]

*[http://www.carlingfow-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/ Carlingford West Public School]

*[http://www.murrayfarm-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/ Murray Farm Public School]

*[http://www.roselea-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/ Roselea Public School]

===Catholic Systemic primary schools===

*[[St. Gerard Majella Catholic Primary School]]

===Public high schools===

*[http://www.carlingfor-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/public/index.html Carlingford High School].

*[[Cumberland High School (Carlingford)|Cumberland High School]]

*[[James Ruse Agricultural High School]] (selective)

==Churches==

[[Image:Carlingford ldstemple.jpg|thumb|150px|LDS Sydney Australia Temple, Carlingford]]

As with much of northern Sydney, Carlingford also has a comparatively large number of Christian churches of many denominations. These include:

* Carlingford [[Baptist Church]] [http://www.carlingford-baptist.org/]

* Carlingford [[Uniting Church]] [http://www.carlingforduca.org.au/]

* [[Catholic Parish of Epping and Carlingford|St. Gerard Majella Catholic Church]] [http://www.eppcarl.org.au/carlingford/carl_index.htm]

* St. Paul's [[Sydney Anglicans|Anglican Church]] [http://www.stpaulscarlingford.org.au/]

* [[Iglesia Ni Cristo]]

* [[Christian City Churches|Christian City Church]], Carlingford [http://www.ccccarlingford.org.au/about/]

* Parramatta City Presbyterian Church [http://www.homestead.com/nsw_act/ParramattaCityPresbyterian.html]

The Pacific headquarters and [[Sydney Australia Temple]] of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] was constructed in Carlingford in [[1984]].

==Telecommunications==

The Carlingford telephone exchange is located at 413 North Rocks Rd. It serves telephony for Carlingford and nearby suburbs such as Dundas Valley, Telopea and North Rocks.

==Other infrastructure==

Carlingford is the site for the control room for the New South Wales electricity grid. A major electricity [[Electrical substation|substation]], operated by [[Integral Energy]], is next to the building housing the control room. The same site also houses one of the major communications relay towers in northern Sydney. This substation used to be connected to Carlingford Station via a siding. While most of the line has since disappeared, some of the remains of the line can be seen from Jenkins Road. An image of this line can be viewed [http://www.nswrail.net/locations/photo.php?name=NSW:Carlingford:8&line=NSW:carlingford:0 here], which is from a website dedicated to railways in New South Wales.

==References==

*Australian Bureau of Statistics (2002). [http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/[e-mail]/4079a1bbd2a04b80ca256b9d00208f92/6f23e832c6e96cadca256bc00014643a!OpenDocument Basic community profile: Carlingford (SSC 11446)]. Retrieved 19 May 2005.

*Australian Electoral Commission [http://www.aec.gov.au/_content/who/profiles/B/Bennelong.htm Divisional Profile for Bennelong]. Retrieved 4 January 2006.

*Australian Electoral Commission [http://www.aec.gov.au/_content/who/profiles/B/Berowra.htm Divisional Profile for Berowra]. Retrieved 4 January 2006.

*Australian Electoral Commission [http://www.aec.gov.au/_content/who/profiles/M/Mitchell.htm Divisional Profile for Mitchell]. Retrieved 4 January 2006.

*Australian Electoral Commission [http://www.aec.gov.au/_content/who/profiles/P/Parramatta.htm Divisional Profile for Parramatta]. Retrieved 4 January 2006.

*Australian Electoral Commission [http://www.aec.gov.au/_content/How/newsfiles/124/index.htm#10 Definitions of 'marginal', 'fairly safe' and 'safe']. Retrieved 4 January 2006.

==External links==

*[http://www.carlingfordcourt.com Carlingford Court homepage]

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