Sandringham is a

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southern Sydney Southern Sydney, also commonly referred to as the Southern suburbs, is the southern metropolitan area of Greater Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Southern Sydney is a title for the regions and neighbourhoods which fall dire ...

, in the state of

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. Sandringham is located 18 kilometres south of the

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and is part of the

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area. Sandringham is in the

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of the

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

Botany Bay Botany Bay (Dharawal language, Dharawal: ''Kamay'') is an open oceanic embayment, located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, south of the Sydney central business district. Its source is the confluence of the Georges River at Taren Point a ...

, at the mouth of the

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. 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

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, in

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. The area between

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and

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

Demographics

According to the of Population, there were 1,275 people usually resident in Sandringham. 33.6% stated they were born overseas with the top countries of birth being Greece 4.5%, China 2.1%, Egypt 1.7%, North Macedonia 1.6% and England 1.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 60.5% of residents and the most common other languages spoken were Greek 13.6%, Arabic 5.0%, Macedonian 2.8%, Mandarin 2.1% and Cantonese 1.7%. The most common responses for religious affiliation were

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26.1%,

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21.6%, No Religion 15.5% and Anglican 11.3%.

References

External links

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