Rosehill, New South Wales

Rosehill, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Rosehill
city = Sydney
state = NSW


caption = Rosehill Racecourse
lga = City of Parramatta
postcode = 2142
est =
pop =
area =
propval =
stategov = Parramatta
fedgov = Parramatta
near-nw = Parramatta
near-n = Camellia
near-ne = Rydalmere
near-e = Silverwater
near-se = Auburn
near-s = Granville
near-sw = Granville
near-w = Harris Park
dist1 = 23
dir1 = west
location1= Sydney CBD

Rosehill is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Rosehill is located 23 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.

Rosehill contains a mixture of residential, commercial, industrial and recreational land.

History

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. Nearly a hundred years later in 1883, convert|850|acre|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 1988 on the Carlingford line, which was a private railway line until it was taken over by the state government in 1904. ["The Book of Sydney Suburbs", Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8 ]

Landmarks

* Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
* Historic Elizabeth Farm was the home of wool pioneer, John Macarthur
* Rosehill railway station is on the Carlingford railway line of the CityRail network.

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