Mortdale, New South Wales
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Mortdale is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 20km south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the St George area. Mortdale lies across the local government areas of the City of Hurstville and Municipality of Kogarah. The postcode is 2223. Mortdale Heights is a suburban locality within the Mortdale jurisdiction on its western perimeter.
Mortdale extends south to Lime Kiln Bay, on the Georges River. It consists mainly of residential dwellings with a mix of commercial and industrial developments.
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[edit] History
Mortdale has been known in the past as Mort's Road, Mort's Hill, Mort's Township and Mort Dale. It was named after wool merchant Thomas Sutcliffe Mort (1816-1878) who was famous for pioneering the refrigeration of shipping meat and Mort's Dock, Balmain. Thomas Mort purchased the land from Robert Townson (1763-1827), who had been granted land in the Hurstville area with his brother John Townson.
In 1855, a small farming community started when the land around Mort's Road was subdivided into 17 farms. The Hurstville Steam Brick Company was established in 1884 by William George Judd, when the railway went through the district. The railway divided two of the main main farms, Kemp’s orange orchard and Parkes’s farm near Victoria Avenue, and these were subdivided for housing by 1894. The railway station opened as Mortdale on the 20th March 1897. The school opened in January 1889 and the post office and grocery store opened in November. Mortdale became a popular residential suburb in 1920s for soldiers returning from World War I.
[edit] Commercial Area
The main shopping centre is located on Morts Road and Pitt Street, near Mortdale railway station on the Illawarra line. Commercial and industrial developments are located along Boundary Road.
[edit] Churches
- St Peters Anglican Church
- Mortdale Uniting Church
- Mortdale-Oatley Baptist Church
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons)
- Mortdale Masonic Centre - Woronora Lodge
[edit] Landmarks
- Fire Station
- Old Police Station
- Mortdale Railway Station
- Mortdale Primary School
- Lime Kiln Bay, Georges River
- Mortdale Memorial Park
- Oatley Heights Park
- Hurstville Golf Course
- Olds Park
- Jubilee Park
- Mortdale Hotel
- Mortdale RSL Club
[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
- Thomas Sutcliffe Mort[1]
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
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Beverly Hills | Hurstville | Kingsgrove | Lugarno | Mortdale | Narwee | Oatley | Peakhurst | Peakhurst Heights | Penshurst| Riverwood |
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