Shaw Street, Bexley North, Sydney

Corner of Bexley Road and Slade Road, Bexley North, Sydney

Bexley North is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 13km south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the St George area. Bexley North is in the local government area of the City of Rockdale. The postcode is 2207. Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Southern Sydney is an informal, term to describe the local government areas and suburbs which form the southern part of the metropolitan area of Sydney, Australia. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ... Capital Sydney Government Const. ... The Sydney central business district (CBD) is, commercially, the most important in Australia. ... St. ... Local Government Area (abbreviated LGA) is a term used in Australia (and especially by the Australian Bureau of Statistics) to refer to areas controlled by each individual Local Government. ... The City of Rockdale is a Local Government Area in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ...

Bexley North is a quiet residential suburb. A small shopping centre is located around the intersection of Bexley Road with Slade Road and Shaw Street, beside Bexley North railway station.

Transport

Bexley North railway station is on the East Hills line of the CityRail network. Bexley North is a railway station on the Sydney Cityrail East Hills line. ... Airport and East Hills line (green) The Airport and East Hills is a railway line in Sydney, part of the CityRail metropolitan network. ... Official logo of the CityRail network The waiting area at  Central Railway Station, the main station on the CityRail network Old-style manual train indicator boards at Concord West. ...

History

James Chandler named Bexley after his birthplace in Kent, England. Chandler bought Sylvester’s Farm in 1822, from Thomas Sylvester who had been granted the land about ten years earlier. That year he was also granted 1,200 acres of land which stretched from what is now Bexley North to most of Rockdale and Kogarah. Development in the area began in 1884 with the railway line to Hurstville. Rockdale Town Hall, Princes Highway, Rockdale, Sydney Rockdale is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... The former Kogarah Post Office in 1915. ... Hurstville is a suburb in the City of Hurstville, in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ...

The opening of the East Hills line and the railway station at Bexley North in 1931, opened up the area for home sites.

Landmarks

• Bardwell Creek Reserve, Stotts Reserve
• Bexley North Primary School, Bexley North Library
• Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Bexley North Church of Christ
• Bardwell Creek
• Bexley North Scout Group

Notable Residents

• Bob Windle, gold medallist in the Men's 1500m Swimming Freestyle at the 1964 Summer Olympics, grew up in the suburb.
• Tim Cahill, Australian football player, playing for the Socceroos and Everton.

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References

• The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8

External links

Coordinates: -33.94179° 151.11144° Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

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