Rosebery, New South Wales

Rosebery, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Rosebery
city = Sydney
state = nsw


caption = The Lakes Hotel, Rosebery
lga = City of Sydney
postcode = 2018
pop = 6963 (2001 census)
area = 1.9
est =
propval =
stategov = Heffron
fedgov = Sydney, Kingsford-Smith
dist1 = 6
dir1 = south
location1= Sydney CBD
near-nw = Beaconsfield
near-n = Zetland
near-ne = Kensington
near-w = Alexandria
near-e = Kingsford
near-sw = Mascot
near-s = Mascot
near-se = Eastlakes

Rosebery is a suburb in south-eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Rosebery is located 6 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney.

Rosebery has a mix of residential, commercial and industrial developments. The northern parts of Rosebery and the adjacent Green Square are part of an area that is currently undergoing gentrification. This involves an urban renewal project that is constructing modern retail, business and residential developments.

History

Rosebery was named after Archibald Phillip Primrose, the fifth Earl of Rosebery, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1894-95. The suburb was named in his honour after his visit to Australia for two months in 1883-84.

Rosebery was once the site of Rosebery Racecourse, which first opened as a pony track in 1906. Race meetings held by the Associated Racing Clubs became as popular as those at Randwick, especially in the 1920s. The track became an army camp during World War II. After the war, it became a training track used by the Sydney Turf Club.

In 1961 much of the land was purchased by the Rosebery Town Planning Company and developed as an industrial area. The housing commission purchased the remaining acres for high density public housing. The area north of Gardeners Road was developed by Richard Stanton (1862-1943) and the same company that developed Haberfield, and as such, Rosebery is also know as a 'Garden Suburb'. Garden competitions were held in the suburb prior to the 1990s. This area is also unique as no two story houses have been built due to a covenant that was put in place when the suburb was developed. Most houses have remained as single story California bungalows.

Commercial area

A small shopping centre is located on Gardeners Road. Commercial and industrial developments are also located on and around Botany Road.

chools

[http://www.gardeners-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/ Gardeners Road Public School] . A primary school at St Josephs Church closed down in the early 1990s.

Parks

There is a large park in the middle of Rosebery called Turruwul Park.

Population

Rosebery since the 1960s has been home to many migrants. This includes a large number of Greeks and Italians.

References

*"The Book of Sydney Suburbs", Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8

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