Ramsgate, New South Wales
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See also Ramsgate (disambiguation) for other places with this name.
Ramsgate is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Ramsgate is located 16km south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the St George area. Ramsgate is in the local government area of the City of Rockdale. The postcode is 2217.
Ramsgate Beach is a separate suburb, to the east. Ramsgate is surrounded by the suburbs of Ramsgate Beach, Monterey, Kogarah, Beverley Park and Sans Souci.
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[edit] Commercial Area
The suburb is mostly residential with a shopping strip on Rocky Point Road, near the intersection with Ramsgate Road. The strip includes the post office and a pub called The Intersection. Another shopping strip including a supermarket is located just over the border at Ramsgate Beach, on Ramsgate Road, near The Grand Parade. Ramsgate RSL is located on the border, near this shopping strip.
[edit] History
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 it as a public pleasure area. Ramsgate was named after the seaside resort in England. A model village was originally planned for the suburb but later abandoned.
Scarborough Park was created in the 1830s from part of Pat Moore's Swamp or Patmore Swamp. Patrick Moore was granted 60 acres of land in 1812. It was named by the Hon. Thomas Holt after the English coastal town of Scarborough, Yorkshire and the First Fleet convict ship which was briefly anchored in Botany Bay in 1788.
[edit] Landmarks
- Scarborough Park, Leo Smith Reserve, Tonbridge St Reserve, Rotary Park,
- Syd Frost Memorial Hall
- Ramsgate Primary School
- Ramsgate RSL
[edit] References
- The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8
[edit] External links
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
| Suburbs and localities within the City of Rockdale | St George | Sydney |
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Arncliffe | Banksia | Bardwell Park | Bardwell Valley | Bexley | Bexley North | Brighton-Le-Sands | Dolls Point | Kingsgrove | Kogarah | Kyeemagh | Monterey | Ramsgate | Ramsgate Beach | Rockdale | Sandringham | Sans Souci | Sydney International Airport | Turrella | Wolli Creek |
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