Haymarket, City of Sydney
Date: 3 August 2015
Glebe, City of Sydney.
I walked through Jubilee Park, Blackwattle Bay Park, Forsyth Street and Glebe Point Road.
Glebe is an Inner Western suburb of Sydney (located 3 km south-west of the Sydney CBD and is part of the local government of the City of Sydney).
Postcode: 2037
Population: 13767
3 facts about Glebe:
1. Glebe's name is derived from the fact that the land on which it was developed was a glebe, originally owned by the Anglican Church.
2. The Anzac Bridge was opened on 3 December 1995. The bridge increased the capacity of the road network connecting the city and the western suburbs.
3. Sir Edmund Barcton (the first Prime Minister of Australia) was born in Glebe.
References: Wikipedia, Glebenet
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Kogarah, City of Kogarah
Postcode: 2217
Population: 10984 (Census 2011)
3 facts about Kogarah:
1. Kogarah is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning rushes or place of reeds. It had also been written as 'Coggera', 'Cogerah' and 'Kuggerah'.
2. In 2010 the Cities of Koharah and Shunde signed a Friendship City Agreement. A bronze statue of Bruce Lee stands outside Kogarah library is a gift from Shundle (Bruce Lee's original birthplace is Junan, a town of Shunde).
3. In 2014 the St George Hospital's celebrated its 120th birthday.
References: - Wikipedia, City of Kogarah
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Artarmon, City of Willoughby
Artarmon
Postcode:2064
Population: 8642 (Census 2011)
Artarmon is the place where I live!
3 3 facts about Artarmon:
1. The suburb is believed to be named after the land granted to William Gore in 1810. Gore had arrived in Sydney in 1805 with Governor Bligh, who appointed him to the position of Provost-Marshall (equivalent to sheriff). Gore’s family home was Ardthelmon Castle (pronounced Art-e-mon), located near Raghley in Ireland, and the name was ‘adapted’ by Gore as Artarmon Estate.
2. A temporary Artarmon railway station opened on 6 July 1898, before the present station opened on 7 October 1900. In April 2015, work commenced on the construction of a new footbridge that will include lifts at the southern end of the platform.
3. Artarmon Public School was named best public school in the 2008 NSW Schools of Excellence awards. There are more then 1000 students in 2015.
References: - Wikipedia, - Willoghby District Historical Society Inc., - Artarmon progress Association inc.
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