Zetland, New South Wales

Zetland, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Zetland
city = Sydney
state = nsw



caption = Zetland Hotel
lga = City of Sydney
postcode = 2017
pop = 578 (2001 census)
area = 0.8
est =
propval =
stategov = Heffron
fedgov = Sydney
dist1 = 4
dir1 = south
location1= Sydney CBD
near-nw = Alexandria
near-n = Waterloo
near-ne = Moore Park
near-w = Alexandria
near-e = Kensington
near-sw = Beaconsfield
near-s = Rosebery
near-se = Kensington

Zetland is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Zetland is located 4 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Sydney.

Zetland is a largely industrial suburb with medium to high density residential areas. Zetland is part of the Green Square district which is currently undergoing gentrification. This involves an urban renewal project that is constructing modern retail, business and residential developments.

Transport

Green Square railway station on the City Rail Airport and East Hills line is located on the northern edge of Zetland. Central railway station is the next station to the north and Mascot railway station is the next station to the south.

History

Zetland was named for Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl of Zetland, who was a friend of Governor Sir Hercules Robinson. [ [http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name_search/extract?id=SXjtjzKmGH Extract - Geographical Names Board ] ] Zetland is an archaic spelling of Shetland.

Zetland originally featured a lagoon and swamp which was drained in the early 1900s to create the Victoria Park racecourse. [Weirick, J. [http://www.architectureaustralia.com/aa/aaissue.php?article=12&issueid=200401&typeon=2 Watering Sydney] . Architecture Australia, accessed 13 January, 2008.] It was bordered by O’Dea Avenue, South Dowling Street, Epsom Road and Joynton Avenue. The privately owned racecourse was closed after World War II and the land bought by the British Motor Corporation for a car plant. In 1974, Leyland Australia closed the car plant [ [http://www.vicpark.com.au/ History] , Victoria Park, Landcom. Accessed 13 January, 2008.] and the site was acquired by the Commonwealth of Australia for a Naval Stores depot which operated until the mid 1990s. The site was redeveloped into high density housing.

ee also

* Victoria Park racecourse
* Royal South Sydney Hospital
* [http://www.zetland.com.au Zetland Community Website]

References

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