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Randwick
Sign in to saveRandwick is a suburb in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Randwick is located 6 kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Randwick.
Key facts
- Australian place.type
- suburb
- Australian place.name
- Randwick
- Australian place.city
- Sydney
- Australian place.state
- nsw
- Australian place.image
- File:Corner of Belmore Road and Avoca Street, Randwick.jpg
- Australian place.alternative_location_map
- Australia NSW metro Sydney
- Australian place.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in greater metropolitan Sydney
- Australian place.local_map
- yes
- Australian place.lga
- City of Randwick
- Australian place.postcode
- 2031
- Australian place.pop
- 28,943
- Australian place.elevation
- 76
- Australian place.stategov
- Coogee
- Australian place.stategov2
- Heffron
- Australian place.fedgov
- Kingsford Smith
- Australian place.fedgov2
- Wentworth
- Australian place.near nw
- Centennial Park
- Australian place.near n
- Queens Park
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Randwick is a suburb in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Randwick is located 6 kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Randwick.
==History== Randwick was named after the village of Randwick, Gloucestershire, England, birthplace of Simeon Henry Pearce, who became Mayor of Randwick six times. Simeon, who migrated to Australia in 1842, and his brother James who arrived in 1848, were responsible for the founding and early development of Randwick. Simeon built the first stone house in the area in 1848, called Blenheim House, which can still be seen in Blenheim Street. It was neglected for some time in the mid-1900s, but was eventually acquired by Randwick City Council and restored.