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Sans Souci () is a
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in the state of
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, Australia. Sans Souci is 17 kilometres south of the
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and lies across the
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s of the
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and the
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. It is part of the
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area. Sans Souci sits 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 ...
. Lady Robinsons Beach and Cook Park run along the eastern border. Kogarah Bay runs along the western border. Sans Souci is connected to
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, in the
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, to the south, by the Captain Cook Bridge over the
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.


History

Sans Souci is a French term meaning "without care", in other terms, "no worries". The area between
Cooks River The Cooks River, a semi-mature tide-dominated drowned valley estuary, is a tributary of Botany Bay, located in south-western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The course of the urban waterway has been altered to accommodate various developme ...
and
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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 it as a public pleasure area. Catherine Cooper was given a grant in the area in 1830, where she and husband, Robert Cooper Junior, built a home. The Coopers later operated a distillery there; the land was known as Charlotte Point and then Rocky Point. Sans Souci took its name from a grand house built on Rocky Point Road on land bought in 1853, by Thomas Holt (1811–1888), a wool merchant and politician, for his German wife. It was named after
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in
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,
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, the summer palace of
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, King of
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. However, Holt thought that the area was too isolated so he built another house at Marrickville, overlooking the Cooks River, which he called The Warren. He bred rabbits for hunting and kept exotic animals, including an alpaca on this property. In the 1860s, Holt sold his Sans Souci property to William Rust, who turned it into a popular hotel, despite its isolation. A steam tram operated between Sans Souci and Kogarah in the 1890s which allowed people to enjoy bathing, boating and fishing. In 1937, a silent electric trolley bus was introduced that, until 1959, ran from Rockdale to Kogarah, Sans Souci and Dolls Point.


Kogarah to Sans Souci tram line

This steam tramway opened in 1887, and was replaced by an electric
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service in 1937. It connected with trains at Kogarah station by way of a large balloon loop through the streets, then passed south down Rocky Point Road to Sans Souci,
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and Dolls Point. Small depots at Sandringham and Kogarah serviced the line. The line was single track at each end with a double-track middle section down Rocky Point Road.


Commercial area

Sans Souci is a mostly residential area. A shopping strip is located on Rocky Point Road, near the intersection of Sandringham St, including The Party People, various fast food outlets and the post office. Another small group of shops is located at the intersection of Clareville Avenue and Russell Avenue, on the border with Dolls Point and Sandringham. It includes Sans Souci Library and a variety of small shops and retailers. Two primary schools are located in the suburb: Sans Souci Public and St Finbars.


Schools and churches

* Sans Souci Public School * St Finbars Catholic School * St George Christian School (Infants Campus) * St Finbars Catholic Church * St Andrews Anglican Church * Sans Souci Baptist Church


Parks and recreation

* Cook Park, Sans Souci Park, Bona Park, Kendall Street Reserve, Claydon Reserve is a soccer field and playground * St George Sailing Club, St George Motor Boat Club, Botany Bay Yacht Club * Sans Souci Leisure Centre,


Demographics

According to the , there were 10,864 people usually resident in Sans Souci. 64.7% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were
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(4.4%),
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(excluding Special Administrative Regions and
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) (2.4%),
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(2.0%),
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(1.6%), and
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(1.2%). 56.1% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included
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(13.9%),
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(4.0%),
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 ...
(2.5%),
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(2.3%) and
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(1.9%). The most common responses for religious affiliation were
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(26.2%),
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(23.8%), No Religion (18.9%), and
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(8.4%), a further 6.5% of respondents elected not to disclose their religion.


Notable residents

*
Michelle Ford Michelle Jan Ford (born 15 July 1962) is an Australian former long-distance freestyle and butterfly swimmer of the 1970s and 1980s, who won a gold medal in the 800-metre freestyle, bronze in the 200-metre butterfly, and 4th in the 400-metres ...
– Swimmer 800 m freestyle champion at the
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. *
Kostya Tszyu Konstantin Borisovich "Kostya" Tszyu ( ; rus, Константин Борисович «Костя» Цзю, , kənstɐnʲˈtʲin bɐˈrisəvʲɪtɕ ˈkosʲtʲə ˈdzːʲu; born 19 September 1969) is a Russian-Australian former professional b ...
– Boxer and two time world
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champion. * Sam Sparro
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nominated singer. *
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AO – First woman to sail around the world non-stop and unassisted.


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