Rosehill, New South Wales

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Rosehill
Sydney,  New South Wales
Rosehill Racecourse 1.JPG
Rosehill Racecourse
Rosehill, New South Wales
Population4,047 (SAL 2021) [1]
Postcode(s) 2142
Elevation8 m (26 ft)
Area3.7 km2 (1.4 sq mi)
Location18 km (11 mi) west of Sydney CBD
LGA(s) City of Parramatta
Federal division(s) Parramatta
Suburbs around Rosehill:
Parramatta Camellia Rydalmere
Harris Park Rosehill Silverwater
Granville Clyde Auburn

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.

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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

Industrial land at Rosehill Rosehill aerial.jpg
Industrial land at Rosehill

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. [2] James Ruse came to farm there in November of the same year. [3] In December 1790, a crop of corn (wheat), described as "exceeding good," was harvested at Rose Hill. [4] By 1791, 200 acres of land had been cleared and were in production. [5]

Nearly a hundred years later in 1883, 850 acres (3.4 km2) of John Macarthur's Elizabeth Farm were subdivided for industrial purposes. Part of the estate was set aside for a recreation area, which became Rosehill Racecourse.

A public school opened here in 1886 and the railway station opened in 1888 on the Carlingford railway line, which was privately owned until it was taken over by the state government in 1904 and later closed in January 2020. [6]

In December 2023 Rosehill Racecourse was proposed to be redeveloped for new housing. [7]

Heritage listings

Rosehill has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Landmarks

Education

Population

At the 2021 census, Rosehill recorded a population of 4,047. Of these: [12]

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References

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  5. HRA I (I) p. 734
  6. The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollon, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN   0-207-14495-8, page 228
  7. Hyland, Jesse; Roe, Isobel; Lewis, Alexander (6 December 2023). "NSW government plan sees Rosehill Racecourse replaced by more than 25,000 homes as Metro West confirmed". ABC News . Archived from the original on 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
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  9. "Comfort Lodge". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H00283. Retrieved 18 May 2018. CC BY icon.svg Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence .
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