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Randwick is a suburb of
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, in the state of
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. Randwick is located 6 kilometres south-east of the
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and is the administrative centre for the
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of the City of Randwick. Randwick is part of the
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region. The postcode is 2031.


History

Randwick was named after the village of
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,
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, birthplace of Simeon Henry Pearce, who became Mayor of Randwick six times. Simeon, who migrated to Australia in 1842, and his brother James who arrived in 1848, were responsible for the founding and early development of Randwick. Simeon built the first stone house in the area in 1848, called Blenheim House, which can still be seen in Blenheim Street. It was neglected for some time in the mid-1900s, but was eventually acquired by Randwick City Council and restored. Proclaimed as a Municipality in February 1859, and as a City in 1990, Randwick has a rich history and a number of heritage buildings. Another Mayor of Randwick, George Kiss, lived in the house known as Ventnor in the 1870s. A two-storey sandstone house, Ventnor was built by Alderman Edward Dawson in 1859, and is situated on Avoca Street, overlooking Coogee. It is now owned by the nearby Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church (built 1888). Other buildings of note include the St Jude's Church group, also on Avoca Street. Originally designed by
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, (who also designed St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney and the
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), the church was completed in 1865. It was modified by H.M. Robinson in 1889. The rectory next door was built in 1870. The Verger's Residence, designed by
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and completed in 1862, was the original Randwick Municipal Chambers. This distinctive building, with its Gothic touches, was followed by the present Randwick Town Hall, which was built further north in Avoca Street in 1881. The church group and Ventnor are listed on the
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. Further south down Avoca Street is the sandstone building with a tower, built in 1859 as an investment property by William Ellis, one of Randwick's first six elected aldermen. After briefly being used as the 'Star and Garter' Inn by Mrs Elizabeth Shipway, it was later the home of Captain Thomas Watson, who was responsible for commissioning the 1874 statue of
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, sculpted by Walter McGill, which still stands at the south side of the building. Captain Watson also heightened the square tower, thus ensuring another distinctive landmark feature of the area. Close by is another even more imposing building in Randwick's heartland - the
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, which started life as the Randwick Asylum for Destitute Children. Opened in 1858, it was partly financed by the legacy of Dr. Cuthill, whose name is commemorated by the adjacent Cuthill Street. The southern wing was added in 1863, by which time over 800 children were being cared for. In 1915 the Asylum buildings were finally deemed unsuitable as premises in which to provide a realistic home life for children, and they were then adapted for WWI use as a military and repatriation hospital. In 1953 the complex was officially renamed as the Prince of Wales Hospital, which continues to grow as a renowned medical facility. Other noteworthy buildings include private homes like Ilfracombe, Clovelly and Torquay in Avoca Street, and Venice, in Frenchmans Road. The latter was built 1884–84 on part of St Mark's Glebe. The land had been leased in 1880 for 99 years to S.Holmes and J.Parsons. The house features Tudor and Gothic elements and has stained glass windows. It has been described as a "comparatively rare and distinctive example of late Victorian Gothic architecture retaining most of its detailing intact." It has a New South Wales heritage listing. Another notable home was Sandgate, located in Belmore Road. This sandstone house was built circa 1870 on Crown land purchased by Simeon Pearce in 1853. It was bought by the Federal Government in the 1920s; it was then used as a
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facility for First World War veterans. It was saved from demolition in 1978 and restored by Randwick Council. The last Gothic mansion left in Randwick is
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, located in Milford Street. It was designed by
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and the southern portion of the house was built in 1853 for
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, a shipping merchant. The house features a staircase with glass dome above; the staircase was built of Mauritius mahogany and cedar. The coach house building at the front was originally a lodge for
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s. The northern portion of the house was completed by Dr Fred Tidswell who owned the Coogee Bay Hotel. The architect of the northern portion is thought to have been Mortimer Lewis's son, Oswald. The Tidswell family owned the house from c. 1880 – 1903. Frederick Squire Tidswell (1831–1898) and his wife Mary Ann (1836–1912) had nine children including the
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Dr
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(1867–1941) and architect
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(1870–1950).


Heritage listings

Randwick has a number of heritage-listed sites, including the following sites listed on the
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: * 124 Alison Road:
Randwick Post Office The Randwick Post Office is a heritage-listed former post office located at 124 Alison Road in the Sydney suburb of Randwick in the City of Randwick local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The former post office was designed by ...
* 162 Alison Road:
Randwick Presbyterian Church The Randwick Presbyterian Church is a heritage-listed Presbyterian church building located at 162 Alison Road in the Sydney suburb of Randwick in the City of Randwick local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The church was design ...
* 102-108 Avoca Street:
St Jude's Church, Randwick The St Jude's Church is an active Anglican church in Randwick, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is part of a significant heritage group that includes the church, cemetery, rectory and original Randwick Borough Chambers, later c ...
* 211-215 Avoca Street: Corana and Hygeia * 128 Belmore Road: ''Sandgate'', Randwick * 60 Bundock Lane: Electricity Substation No. 341 * 66 Frenchmans Road: ''Venice'', Randwick * 17 Gilderthorpe Avenue: Hooper Cottage * 16-18 Milford Street:
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* 2S Frances Street: Electricity Substation No. 349 * 43 St Marks Road: ''Rathven'', Randwick * 43 St Pauls Street: Ritz Cinema, Sydney * 18-20 Stanley Street: Emanuel School, Australia * 26-42 The Avenue:
Avonmore Terrace Avonmore Terrace is a heritage-listed row of terrace houses at 26-42 The Avenue, in the Sydney suburb of Randwick in the City of Randwick local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The terrace houses were built from 1888 to 1891 by ...
* 29-39 Young Street:
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The following structures are listed on the (now defunct)
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(unless stated otherwise), or the heritage schedule of Randwick Council's Local Environment Plan; the latter list includes approximately four hundred items. * ''Ventnor'' * Original Randwick Borough Chambers * Goldring House and Attached Residence *
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Group * Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church * The Park, Avoca and Cuthill Streets * Ilfracrombe, Avoca Street, (circa 1906) * ''Torquay'', Avoca Street, (circa 1906) * ''Clovelly'', Avoca Street, (circa 1906) * Newmarket House and The Big Stable, Barker and Young Streets * Captain James Cook Statue, corner Belmore Road and Avoca Street * Hannan's Butcher Shop (former Star and Garter Inn), Belmore Road * Former Randwick Police Station, Coogee Bay Road * ''Peckham'', Cowper Street * ''Essex'', Cuthill Street * House, 11 Cuthill Street * Royal Hotel, Cuthill Street * ''Shaldon'', Darley Road * ''Swan Isle'', Darley Road * Gordon Terrace, Gordon Street * Members' Stand, Randwick Racecourse * Busby Bore (Tunnel from Lachlan Swamp to Hyde Park, City) * ''Tayar'', The Avenue File:Randwick Town Hall, Avoca Street.JPG, Randwick Town Hall File:1 St Judes Church11.jpg, St Jude's Church, Avoca Street File:(1)Venice Frenchmans Road Randwick-1.jpg, Venice, Randwick File:1 former Randwick Borough Chambers.jpg, Randwick Borough Chambers File:(1)Ritz 001.jpg, Ritz Cinema File:Montrose 006.jpg, Montrose File:(1)Former Randwick Post Office 001.jpg, Former Randwick Post Office


Demographics

In the 2021 Census, there were 28,943 people in Randwick, of which 52.9% were female and 47.1% were male. The most common ancestries in Randwick were 31.1%
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, 22.2%
Australian Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal A ...
and 17.8%
Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
. 73.5% of people only spoke
English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...
at home. Other languages spoken at home included 2.4%
Mandarin Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to: Language * Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country ** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China ** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...
, 1.9%
Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
, 1.5%
Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
, 1.4%
Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...
and 1.3% French. The most common responses for religion were 41.0% No Religion, 26.0% Roman Catholicism, 8.1%
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and 4.9%
Judaism Judaism ( he, ''Yahăḏūṯ'') is an Abrahamic, monotheistic, and ethnic religion comprising the collective religious, cultural, and legal tradition and civilization of the Jewish people. It has its roots as an organized religion in the ...
. The median weekly household income in Randwick was $2,442, which was 28.5% higher than the national median.


Commercial area

Randwick is primarily a residential area. The
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takes up a large portion in the north-west corner of the suburb. The
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,
Royal Hospital for Women The Royal Hospital for Women (RHW) is a specialist hospital for women and babies located in the suburb of Randwick in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Royal Hospital for Women shares the Randwick Hospitals' Campus site with the Prince of ...
, Sydney Children's Hospital and the Prince of Wales Private Hospital together occupy the Randwick Hospitals' Campus, a large contiguous campus bounded by Barker Street, Avoca Street, High Street and Hospital Road. A number of teaching and research facilities are also located on the campus. The campus is being expanded under a major project called the "Randwick Campus Redevelopment" project, which will see it expand west to the suburb boundary with Kensington and Kingsford. Prince Henry Hospital is also in Randwick. The main commercial area is centred on Belmore Road. A range of retail stores are located at Belmore Road along with two shopping centers ( Royal Randwick Shopping Centre and Randwick Plaza, which contains a Coles Supermarket) on eitherside of Belmore Road. Avoca Street is also quite popular for commerce, there is the 150-year-old Coach and Horses Hotel. Where the two busy streets meet is the gourmet Cookhouse, a heritage sandstone building with a statue of
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outside and High Cross Park, with a war memorial. Within one kilometer, Coogee is another retail precinct offering good food services while enjoying the great view of the
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. The Spot at the Perouse and St Pauls Road junction also wins good fame for its popular restaurants, cafés and recreational facilities. Randwick's main entertainment district is
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, located in the suburb's south-east, which contains the Randwick Ritz cinema, a famous art deco cinema which dates from the 1930s and numerous cafes, bars and restaurants.


Churches

* Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church * St Jude's Anglican Church * East Sydney Community Christian Church, * Randwick Presbyterian Church, * Canvas Church * Rhema Church of God.


Sport and recreation

Just 6 kilometres east of Sydney's CBD, the City of Randwick, once known as the 'Sports Coast' is home to some 29 km of coastline, 10 beaches and bays and many major recreation facilities. Randwick City is one of the most visited tourist areas outside central Sydney, attracting some 13 million visits each year. The city is home to the Coastal Walkway, Randwick Racecourse, Coogee and Maroubra Beaches,
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,
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(which includes Queens Park and Moore Park), several top class golf courses and major institutions including the University of New South Wales and the Prince of Wales Hospitals. A number of well-known sporting teams represent the local area. Since 1882 the Randwick District Rugby Union Football Club nicknamed the 'Galloping Greens' or 'The Wicks' have represented the district in the Sydney premier grade rugby competition, the 'Shute Shield' and play their home games at the picturesque Coogee Oval. The local
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team
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club Randwick Petersham Cricket Club, also known as the Randy Petes, competes in the Sydney Grade Cricket competition in Grades 1 to 5, Poidevin Gray (under-21) and AW Green Shield (under-16). It also fields two sides in the Sydney Metropolitan compe ...
plays in the
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domestic competition and was formed through a merger between Randwick and Petersham Cricket Clubs. Randwick is represented in the
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by the
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, formally the Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club. Junior rugby league teams include the
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, the
Coogee Dolphins The Coogee Dolphins was formed in October 1993 under the auspices of the Eastern Suburbs Junior League but now affiliated with the South Sydney District Junior Rugby Football League The South Sydney District Junior Rugby Football League is an ...
and
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. The former Randwick Post Office building in the centre of Randwick Junction (corner of Alison Road and Avoca Street) is known as Easts House. The building is owned by the Sydney Roosters (Eastern Suburbs Rugby League Club), which has donated the building for use by the
Ted Noffs Foundation The Ted Noffs Foundation is a charitable organisation located in Randwick, New South Wales, Australia. Founded as the Wayside Foundation in 1971 in Sydney by the Reverend Ted Noffs and his wife, Margaret, it now provides significant drug and ...
, for the purpose of providing assistance to troubled youth in the district. There are numerous community or corner parks like Alison Park, Randwick Peace Park, Frank Doyle Park,
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and Writtle Park in the locality of Randwick used for recreational and sporting purposes.


Schools

Primary schools in the area include Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Coogee Public School, Claremont College, Randwick Public School, Coogee Preparatory School, and Rainbow Street Primary. Secondary schools include two systemic Catholic schools, Brigidine College and Marcellin College, a Jewish day school Emanuel School and three state schools,
Randwick Boys High School Randwick Boys' High School (RBHS) is a high school located in Randwick, Sydney, Australia, between Rainbow Street and Avoca Street. It is a boys' high school operated by the New South Wales Department of Education with students from years 7 to ...
, Randwick Girls' High School, and the Open High School. Randwick North High School was closed in 2001 and the site was divided between Open High School and Randwick Public School. There are branch campuses of the
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and Sydney Institute of TAFE located on King Street, between the Racecourse and Centennial Park.


Transport

Until December 2019 Randwick was only served by buses. The main bus corridor is Belmore Rd with buses to Bondi Junction, Coogee, Eastgardens, Maroubra, Sydney Airport and Sydney CBD. On 13 December 2012, the NSW Government announced a commitment to build the
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from
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down George Street to
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, then across to Moore Park and down Anzac Parade. South of Moore Park the line splits into two branches; one of which heads to Randwick via Alison Road. A bus/tram interchange will be established in Randwick and many of the bus routes that currently traverse Anzac Parade to access the city will be replaced by feeder routes connecting to the light rail. Construction commenced in 2015 and services on the Randwick branch commenced in December 2019.


References


External links


Randwick Historical Society

Randwick City Council website

2001 Census Information

Randwick City Tourism website

Randwick photos at Flickr.com

Council and Community Engagement Website
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