Cabramatta is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia. It is a predominantly Vietnamese commercial area, with some Lao, Cambodian and Chinese businesses also present. The suburb has a longstanding image problem, primarily due to its reputation as a popular distribution point for heroin.
It is also remembered for the political murder of a NSW State MP, John Newman, there in 1994. A nightclub owner and political rival, Phuong Ngo, was convicted of the murder in 2001.
The origin of the suburb's name is obscure, but is believed to have been derived from two Aboriginal words, cabra and matta, meaning grub and point or jutting out piece of land respectively.
The name first came into use in the area in the early 19th century, when a family called Bull named a property that they had purchased Cabramatta Park. When a small village formed nearby in 1814, it took its name from the property. The suburb grew from this village.