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Rosehill, New South Wales
Rosehill is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Rosehill is located 18 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Parramatta and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. Rosehill shares the postcode of 2142 with the separate suburbs of Granville, South Granville, Holroyd and Camellia. Rosehill contains a mixture of residential, commercial, industrial and recreational land, with increased high-density housing proposed. History In the early days of the colony, the hill behind old Government House had been named ‘ Rose Hill’ by Governor Arthur Phillip, before the suburb had been named Parramatta. On 25 March 1789, Henry Dodd took charge of a farm established at Rose Hill. James Ruse came to farm there in November of the same year. In December 1790, a crop of corn (wheat), described as "exceeding good," was harvested at Rose Hill. By 1791, 200 acres of land had been cleared and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Parramatta
The City of Parramatta, also known as Parramatta Council, is a Local government in Australia, local government area located west of central Sydney in the Greater Western Sydney region. Parramatta Council is situated between the City of Ryde and Cumberland Council (New South Wales), Cumberland, where the Cumberland Plain meets the Hornsby Plateau, approximately west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The city occupies an area of spanning across suburbs in Greater Western Sydney including the Hills District, New South Wales, Hills District, and a small section of Northern Sydney to the far north east of its area. According to the , City of Parramatta had an estimated population of . The city houses the Parramatta central business district which is one of the key suburban employment destinations for the region of Greater Western Sydney. The Lord Mayor of the City of Parramatta since 10 January 2022 is The Right Worshipful Donna Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Granville, New South Wales
South Granville is a suburb in Greater Western Sydney, western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located west of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia, local government area of the Cumberland City Council. South Granville is an extension of Granville, New South Wales, Granville. They share the postcode of 2142 along with the separate suburbs of Camellia, New South Wales, Camellia, Holroyd, New South Wales, Holroyd and Rosehill, New South Wales, Rosehill. History Granville was named in 1880, after the British Colonial Secretary, the Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville.''Granville: From Forest to Factory'', John Watson (ed.), 1992, Granville Historical Society. Parks and Sports Grounds * Ray Marshall Reserve * Horlyck Reserve and playground * Harry Gapes Reserve * Colquhoun Park * Everley Park * Melita Stadium Education There are a number of schools around South Granville including Granville East Publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comfort Lodge
Comfort Lodge is a heritage-listed former residence and boarding house, now offices, at 62 Prospect Street, Rosehill, New South Wales, Rosehill, City of Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. It was built in 1880. It is also known as Cransley. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. History The land on which Comfort Lodge stands was auctioned as part of the first subdivision of Elizabeth Farm in February 1883, at which time it was bought by builder William Cameron. He built the house 1889, naming it "Cransley". One subsequent owner was Edwin John Brown OBE, a 29-year Parramatta alderman. It was renamed Comfort Lodge in 1982, when it was turned into a boarding house. A Permanent Conservation Order was placed over Comfort Lodge on 2 December 1983. Since 1989, it has been used as professional chambers. It was transferred to the State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. Description Comfort Lodge is a two-storey Victorian Italianate villa o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camden, Rosehill
Camden is a heritage-listed residence at 60 Prospect Street, Rosehill, City of Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. It was built in 1883. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. History In February 1883, the land was auctioned as part of the first subdivision of Elizabeth Farm. In 1888, there were only three houses recorded in Prospect Street, but by 1889 there were five, including number 60, built by Thomas S. Staff. In 1891, the house was transferred within the family to James S. Staff, who remained there until 1904. The house appears to have been occupied by John G. Cousins, then Robert Howarth, who named it "Chelsea" in 1907. In 1908 David Irons moved in, to be replaced by Pascoe E. Pearce in 1911. In 1913 ownership of "Chelsea" was again transferred back to the Staff family and Sydney N. Staff renamed the house "I-dun-no" in 1916, remaining there until 1919. William Turnock then occupied the house from 1921 until 1924, Spencer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC News (Australia)
ABC News, or ABC News and Current Affairs, is a public news service produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Broadcasting within Australia and the rest of the world, the service covers both local and world affairs. The division of the organisation, which is called ABC News, Analysis and Investigations. is responsible for all news-gathering and coverage across the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's various television, radio, and online platforms. Some of the services included under the auspices of the division are the ABC News TV channel (formerly ABC News 24); the long-running radio news programs, '' AM'', '' The World Today'', and '' PM''; ABC NewsRadio, a 24-hour continuous news radio channel; and radio news bulletins and programs on ABC Local Radio, ABC Radio National, ABC Classic FM, and Triple J. ABC News Online has an extensive online presence which includes many written news reports and videos available via ABC Online, an ABC News mobile app (ABC Liste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlingford Railway Line
The Carlingford railway line was a railway line in Sydney, Australia. It was opened from Clyde to Subiaco (later renamed Camellia) in January 1885, then by means of the construction of a bridge across the Parramatta River, to Carlingford in April 1896. It closed on 5 January 2020 with much of the line to be converted to light rail as part of the Parramatta Light Rail network, while a short section of the line was retained for use by Sydney Trains. Line description The Carlingford line branched off the Western line at Clyde heading north and crossing Parramatta Road via a level crossing, before passing under the M4 Western Motorway to Rosehill station. It was a double track line to this point. Immediately south of Rosehill, the two tracks joined, before dividing into two bi-directional tracks, the Sandown line and the Carlingford line. Rosehill station had two platforms; one four-car long platform on the Carlingford line and one platform which was approximately sixteen-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
The Rosehill Gardens Racecourse is located in the Western Sydney suburb of Rosehill, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is operated by the Australian Turf Club. Rosehill holds horse races for thoroughbred gallopers on a grass surface. It is one of the two premier racecourses in Sydney, the other one being Randwick Racecourse. One of the main events held at Rosehill is the Golden Slipper race for two-year-olds. The track has a circumference of with a home straight of . History John Bennett purchased a large section of Rosehill to construct a racecourse and recreation area. Construction started in 1883 and was completed in April 1885 for a grand total of £12,000. Bennett constructed a private railway line connecting the racecourse to the main line located at Clyde which opened on 17 November 1888. From 1943 Rosehill Gardens Racecourse was managed by the Sydney Turf Club and remained so until 2011. In 2011, the Sydney Turf Club and Australian Jockey Club combin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Farm
Elizabeth Farm is an historic Estate (land), estate located at 70 Alice Street, Rosehill, New South Wales, Rosehill, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Elizabeth Farm was the family home of wool pioneer, John Macarthur (wool pioneer), John and his wife Elizabeth Macarthur. The estate was commenced in 1793 on a slight hill overlooking the upper reaches of Parramatta River, west of Sydney Cove. The Burramattagal clan of the Dharug people are the traditional custodians of the area; their presence is recalled in the name Parramatta, New South Wales, Parramatta. The small, solid three-roomed brick cottage in the Australian residential architectural styles#Old Colonial Period 1788 – c. 1840, Australian Old Colonial style was transformed, by the late 1820s, into a smart country house, surrounded by 'pleasure grounds', orchards and almost of semi-cleared land. Enveloped within later extensions, the early cottage remains intact, making it Australia's oldest surviving Europ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Macarthur (wool Pioneer)
John Macarthur (1767 – 11 April 1834) was a British Army officer, racketeer, entrepreneur, grazier, usurper, politician, and highly influential figure in the early British colonisation of New South Wales. Macarthur is recognised as the pioneer of the Australian Merino wool industry. He was instrumental in agitating for, and organising, a rebellion against the colonial government in what is often described as the Rum Rebellion. Early life John Macarthur was born at Stoke Damerel near Plymouth, England in 1767. His exact date of birth is unknown, but his baptism was registered on 3 September 1767. He was the second son of Alexander Macarthur, who had fled Scotland to the West Indies after the Jacobite rising of 1745 before returning to Plymouth to work as a linen draper and mercer. In 1782, John Macarthur was commissioned as an ensign in Fish's Corps, a regiment of the British Army formed to serve in the American War of Independence. The war ended before the regiment was ready ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Ruse
James Ruse (9 August17595 September 1837) was a Cornish farmer who, at age 23, was convicted of burglary and was sentenced to seven years' transportation. He arrived at Sydney Cove, New South Wales, on the First Fleet with 18 months of his sentence remaining. Ruse applied to Colony Governor Arthur Phillip for a land grant, stating that he had been bred for farming. Governor Phillip, desperate to make the colony self-sufficient, allocated Ruse an allotment at Rose Hill (now Rosehill, near Parramatta), where he proved himself industrious and showed that it was possible for a family to survive in New South Wales through farming. Ruse received a land grant, from which he grew and sold 600 bushels of corn . Ruse was the recipient of the first land grant in New South Wales. Ruse would later exchange the Rose Hill grant for more fertile land on the Hawkesbury River. later in his life, after almost losing his farm and thus going bankrupt because of flooding, Ruse found work as a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parramatta
Parramatta () is a suburb and major Central business district, commercial centre in Greater Western Sydney, located in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately west of the Sydney central business district on the banks of the Parramatta River. Parramatta is the administrative seat of the Local government areas of New South Wales, local government area of the City of Parramatta and is often regarded as the main business district of Greater Western Sydney. Parramatta also has a long history as a second administrative centre in the Sydney metropolitan region, playing host to a number of state government departments as well as state and federal courts. It is often colloquially referred to as "Parra". Parramatta, founded as a British settlement in 1788, the same year as Sydney, is the oldest inland European settlement in Australia and is the economic centre of Greater Western Sydney. Since 2000, government agencies such as the New South Wales Police Force ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Phillip
Admiral Arthur Phillip (11 October 1738 – 31 August 1814) was a British Royal Navy officer who served as the first governor of the Colony of New South Wales. Phillip was educated at Greenwich Hospital School from June 1751 until December 1753. He then became an apprentice on the whaling ship ''Fortune''. With the outbreak of the Seven Years' War against France, Phillip enlisted in the Royal Navy as captain's servant to Michael Everitt aboard . With Everitt, Phillip also served on and . Phillip was promoted to lieutenant on 7 June 1761, before being put on half-pay at the end of hostilities on 25 April 1763. Seconded to the Portuguese Navy in 1774, he served in the war against Spain. Returning to Royal Navy service in 1778, in 1782 Phillip, in command of , was to capture Spanish colonies in South America, but an armistice was concluded before he reached his destination. In 1784, Phillip was employed by Home Office Under Secretary Evan Nepean, to survey French d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
