Rozelle

For other uses, see Rozelle (disambiguation).

Suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Rozelle
Sydney, New South Wales

Foreshore of Iron Cove at King George Park

Rozelle

Coordinates| 33°51′54″S 151°10′2″E﻿ / ﻿33.86500°S 151.16722°E﻿ / -33.86500; 151.16722
Population| 8,553 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established| 1892
Postcode(s)| 2039
Elevation| 45 m (148 ft)
Area| 1.9 km2 (0.7 sq mi)
Location| 4 km (2 mi) west of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)| Inner West Council
State electorate(s)| Balmain
Federal division(s)| Grayndler
| Suburbs around Rozelle:

Birchgrove | Balmain | Balmain East
Drummoyne | Rozelle | Pyrmont
Lilyfield | Annandale | Glebe

Rozelle within the Inner West Council area

Rozelle is a suburb in the inner west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 4 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Inner West Council.

## Location

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Rozelle sits between the suburbs of Balmain to the north-east and Lilyfield to the south-west. Iron Cove is on the north-west border whilst Rozelle Bay, White Bay and Johnstons Bay make up the south-east border. These three bays surround the container port of Glebe Island which has been attached to the shoreline as part of the extensive reclamation of Rozelle Bay and White Bay which had begun in the 1890s.[2]

## History

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Rozelle Post Office, 1901 (National Archives of Australia)

By 1877 the population of Balmain West had increased and the Balmain post office was inadequate for their needs as a growing suburb. Residents petitioned for a post office of their own and in 1880 Balmain West post office was established in Joseph Gosling's grocery shop at the junction of Weston Road (now Victoria Road) and Withecombe Street. Over the next 10 years the population of Balmain West grew further and in 1891 work started on a new post office on the corner of Weston Road and Darling Street.[3]

In December 1892, prior to the opening of the new post office, the Postmaster-General declared Rozelle (named after the nearby Rozelle Bay to the south east) as the new name for the Balmain West post office. The new Rozelle post office opened in 1894 and by the early 1900s, both the suburb itself and local residents had adopted the name.[3]

The name Rozelle and Rozelle Bay (often shown as "Rozella Bay" on old maps), originated from the parrots found in abundance at Rose Hill (near Parramatta) the first suburb of Sydney, established as a prime farming area for the new colony. The parrots, also in abundance in the inner west Bay area of Sydney, were commonly called "Rose Hill parrots" or "Rose-hillers" then Rosella.[4]

## Heritage listings

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

* Callan Park: Sewage Pumping Station 27[5]
* Victoria Road: White Bay Power Station[6]

## Landmarks

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* A dominant structure on the landscape, the coal-fired White Bay Power Station supplied electricity to Sydney for 70 years during the 20th century and was last used in 1983. The station now lies derelict at the junction of Roberts and Victoria Road at White Bay. Next door stood the White Bay Hotel, which opened in 1916 but fell victim to lack of customers in 1992 and was destroyed by fire in 2008.
* On the western side of the peninsula, the moderne-style Iron Cove Bridge, which opened in 1955, crosses the Parramatta River linking Rozelle with the suburb of Drummoyne. Alongside the bridge on the Rozelle side is the site of the Balmain Power Station, which was demolished in 1996 to make way for residential apartments.
* On the eastern side stands the Anzac Bridge, completed in 1996, it is the main arterial link between the inner west and Sydney city. Below the bridge lies its predecessor, the Glebe Island Bridge, which opened in 1901.
* Callan Park was an insane asylum between 1878 and 1914. Many of the original sandstone buildings survive to this day and the extensive parklands are open to the public.
* St Paul's Presbyterian Church, Darling Street, was designed by E.J. Bowen and built in 1904. It is a brick building with stone trimmings and a slate roof. It is now listed on the Register of the National Estate.[7]
* Rozelle Public School, corner Darling Street and Victoria Road, was designed by John Horbury Hunt and built of sandstone in 1877. An extra wing was designed by W.E. Kemp and built in 1881. The school is now listed on the Register of the National Estate.[8]
* Rozelle Markets (open Saturday)

## Population

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At the 2021 census, 8,553 people were living in Rozelle,[9] compared to 8,725 people at the 2016 census.[10]

In 2021, 66.8% of people were born in Australia. The other most common countries of birth were England 8.3%, New Zealand 2.6% and Ireland 1.4%. 83.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 1.3%, Mandarin 1.2% and Italian 0.9%. The most common responses for religion were no religion 53.0% and Catholic 21.8%. 38.8% of dwellings were semi-detached terraced houses or townhouses, 34.9% were flats, units or apartments and 24.5% were separate houses.[9]

## Schools and colleges

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* Rozelle Public School
* Sydney College of the Arts (part of Sydney University)
* Sydney Community College
* Australian International Conservatorium of Music
* Rozelle School of Visual Arts
* Sydney Secondary College Balmain Campus (part of Sydney Secondary College)

## Churches

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* St Joseph's Catholic Church
* St Thomas's Anglican Church (built 1874 to the design of Edmund Blacket)
* C3 Church

## Gallery

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* Merton Estate Hotel

* Tattersalls Hotel

* Bald Rock Hotel

* White Bay Power Station

* Iron Cove Bridge

* Unit wheat train in Rozelle rail yards approaching the Grain Terminal in 1977

* Rozelle Public School, Darling Street (designed by John Horbury Hunt)

* Garry Owen Hotel

* St Thomas's Anglican Church, Darling Street

* Rozelle Bay with White Bay Power Station and the Glebe Island grain silos in the background

## References

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1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Rozelle (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
2. ^ Land and Property Information NSW, Central Mapping Authority Sheets U0945-32, U0945-33, note 33
3. ^ a b "History of Our Suburb". Leichhardt Council. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
4. ^ Book of Sydney Suburbs, Frances Pollon (Angus and Robertson) 1990, p.231
5. ^ "Sewage Pumping Station 27". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01341. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.
6. ^ "White Bay Power Station". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01015. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.
7. ^ The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company, 1981, p.2/40
8. ^ The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company, 1981, p.2/41
9. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Rozelle". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
10. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Rozelle". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 29 June 2017.

## Bibliography

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* The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company, 1981, ISBN 0-333-33750-6
* Solling, M; Reynolds, P; Leichhardt: On the margins of the city, Allen & Unwin, 1997, ISBN 1-86448-408-X.
* Lawrence, J; Warne, C; A Pictorial History of Balmain to Glebe, Kingsclear Books, 1995, ISBN 0-908272-40-5.

## External links

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* John Williams (2010). "Rozelle". Dictionary of Sydney. Retrieved 29 September 2015. [CC-By-SA]
* Local Images at InnerWest ImageBank
* Local History Collection, Leichhardt Council

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Suburbs and localities within Inner West Council, Inner West, Sydney

* Annandale
* Ashfield
* Ashbury
* Balmain
* Balmain East
* Birchgrove
* Camperdown
* Cockatoo Island
* Croydon
* Croydon Park
* Dobroyd Point
* Dulwich Hill
* Enmore
* Haberfield
* Hurlstone Park
* Leichhardt
* Lewisham
* Lilyfield
* Marrickville
* Newtown
* Petersham
* Rozelle
* St Peters
* Stanmore
* Summer Hill
* Sydenham
* Tempe

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Geography of Parramatta River

Sources|

* Toongabbie Creek
* Darling Mills Creek

Tributaries: left|

* Vineyard Creek
* Subiaco Creek
* Archer Creek
* Smalls Creek
* Charity Creek
* Lane Cove River

Tributaries: right|

* Duck River
* Haslams Creek
* Powells Creek
* Iron Cove Creek
* Hawthorne Canal

Islands|

* Rodd Island
* Snapper Island
* Spectacle Island
* Cockatoo Island

Parramatta River ferry services|

* Parramatta
* Rydalmere
* Sydney Olympic Park
* Meadowbank
* Kissing Point
* Cabarita
* Abbotsford
* Chiswick
* Huntleys Point

River crossings|

* Rings Bridge
* Bernie Banton Bridge
* Lennox Bridge
* Barry Wilde Bridge
* Elizabeth Street Footbridge
* Macarthur Bridge
* Clyde-Carlingford railway bridge
* Thackeray Bridge (footbridge)
* Silverwater Bridge
* James Ruse Drive bridge
* John Whitton Bridge
* Meadowbank Railway Bridge
* Ryde Bridge
* Mortlake Ferry
* Gladesville Bridge

River inlets and bays|

* Homebush Bay
* Kissing Point Bay
* Morrisons Bay
* Kendall Bay
* Glades Bay
* France Bay
* Exile Bay
* Canada Bay
* Kings Bay
* Hen and Chicken Bay
* Looking Glass Bay
* Abbotsford Bay
* Wallumatta Bay
* Five Dock Bay
* Lukes Bay
* Drummoyne Bay
* Iron Cove

Suburbs: north|

* North Parramatta
* Rydalmere
* Ermington
* Melrose Park
* Meadowbank
* Putney
* Tennyson Point
* Gladesville
* Henley
* Huntleys Point
* Huntleys Cove
* Hunters Hill
* Woolwich
* Greenwich

Suburbs: south|

* Parramatta
* Camellia
* Silverwater
* Newington
* Wentworth Point
* Sydney Olympic Park
* Liberty Grove
* Rhodes
* Concord
* Mortlake
* Breakfast Point
* Cabarita
* Canada Bay
* Five Dock
* Wareemba
* Abbotsford
* Chiswick
* Drummoyne
* Russell Lea
* Rodd Point
* Haberfield
* Lilyfield
* Rozelle
* Birchgrove

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