Sandringham is a suburb in

southern Sydney Southern Sydney is the southern metropolitan area of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Southern Sydney includes the suburbs in the local government areas of Georges River Council and part of Bayside Council (collectively know ...

, in the state of

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, Australia. Sandringham is located 18 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the St George area. Sandringham is in the local government area of the

Bayside Council Bayside Council is a local government in New South Wales, Australia. It is located in Sydney, around part of Botany Bay, to south of the CBD. It includes suburbs of South Sydney and the St George area separated by the Cooks River. It compris ...

. Sandringham is a quiet residential suburb on the western shore of

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, at the mouth of the Georges River. Cook Park runs along the eastern and southern border and the beach stretches from Dolls Point to Sandringham Bay. The Georges River Sailing Club sits on the foreshore. A small group of shops is located at the intersection of Clareville Avenue and Russell Avenue, on the border with Sans Souci and Sandringham.

History

Sandringham was originally known as Strippers Point in the 1830s, from the local occupation of tree-felling and bark-stripping. William Rust, bought a grand house on Rocky Point Road at Sans Souci from Thomas Holt (1811–88), which he turned into a luxurious hotel. Later, he moved to Strippers Point renamed it Sandringham and built the Prince of Wales Hotel. As an ardent royalist, it is thought he chose the name to honour Edward VII, the Prince of Wales who in 1872 was also building a royal residence at Sandringham, in

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. The area between Cooks River and Georges River was originally known as Seven Mile Beach. It was changed to Lady Robinson's Beach in 1874 to honour the wife of Governor Sir Hercules Robinson. Cook Park is named after Samuel Cook who advocated for public pleasure.''The Book of Sydney Suburbs'', Compiled by Frances Pollon, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia , page 240

Landmarks

* Sandringham Bay, Sandringham Baths * Cook Park, Clareville Reserve, Stan Moses Reserve, Scott Park, Peter Depena Reserve * Georges River Reserve

Population

According to the 2016 Australian Bureau of Statistics

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of Population, there were 1,238 people usually resident in Sandringham. 31.5% stated they were born overseas with the top countries of birth being Greece 6.2%, China 1.9%, England and Egypt 1.7%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 62.4% of residents and the most common other languages spoken were Greek 16.4%, Arabic 5.1% and Macedonian 2.7%. The most common responses for religious affiliation were

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27%

Eastern Orthodox Church The Eastern Orthodox Church, also called the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 220 million baptized members. It operates as a communion of autocephalous churches, each governed by its bishops vi ...

25.4%. No Religion 13.2% and Anglican 12.4%.

References

External links

* {{Authority control Suburbs of Sydney Botany Bay Bayside Council