Rozelle
Suburb
Foreshore of Iron Cove at King George Park
Rozelle Location ingreater metropolitan Sydney
Interactive map of Rozelle
Coordinates:33°51′54″S151°10′2″E / 33.86500°S 151.16722°E /-33.86500; 151.16722
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
City	Sydney
LGA	Inner West Council
Location	4 km (2.5 mi) west ofSydney CBD
Established	1892
Government
• State electorate	Balmain
• Federal division	Sydney
Area
• Total	1.83 km2 (0.71 sq mi)
Elevation	45 m (148 ft)
Population
• Total	8,553 (2021 census)[2]
• Density	4,674/km2 (12,110/sq mi)
Postcode	2039
Suburbs around Rozelle Birchgrove Balmain Balmain East Drummoyne Rozelle Pyrmont Lilyfield Annandale Glebe

Rozelle within the Inner West Council area

Rozelle is a suburb in theinner west of Sydney, in the state ofNew South Wales, Australia. It is located 4 kilometres west of theSydney central business district, in thelocal government area of theInner West Council.

Rozelle sits between the suburbs ofBalmain to the north-east andLilyfield to the south-west.Iron Cove is on the north-west border whilstRozelle Bay, White Bay and Johnstons Bay make up the south-east border. These three bays surround the container port ofGlebe Island which has been attached to the shoreline as part of the extensive reclamation of Rozelle Bay and White Bay which had begun in the 1890s.^[3]

By 1877, the population of Balmain West had increased and the Balmain post office was inadequate for their needs as a growing suburb. Residents petitioned for a post office of their own and in 1880 Balmain West post office was established in Joseph Gosling's grocery shop at the junction of Weston Road (now Victoria Road) and Withecombe Street. Over the next 10 years the population of Balmain West grew further and in 1891 work started on a new post office on the corner of Weston Road and Darling Street.^[4]

In December 1892, prior to the opening of the new post office, the Postmaster-General declared Rozelle (named after the nearby Rozelle Bay to the south east) as the new name for the Balmain West post office. The new Rozelle post office opened in 1894 and by the early 1900s, both the suburb itself and local residents had adopted the name.^[4]

The name Rozelle and Rozelle Bay (often shown as "Rozella Bay" on old maps), originated from the parrots found in abundance at Rose Hill (near Parramatta) the first suburb of Sydney, established as a prime farming area for the new colony. The parrots, also in abundance in the inner west Bay area of Sydney, were commonly called "Rose Hill parrots" or "Rose-hillers" then Rosella.^[5]

Rozelle has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• Callan Park:Sewage Pumping Station 27^[6]
• Victoria Road:White Bay Power Station^[7]

• A dominant structure on the landscape, the coal-firedWhite Bay Power Station supplied electricity to Sydney for 70 years during the 20th century and was last used in 1983. The station now lies derelict at the junction of Roberts and Victoria Road atWhite Bay. Next door stood the White Bay Hotel, which opened in 1916 but fell victim to lack of customers in 1992 and was destroyed by fire in 2008.
• On the western side of the peninsula, the moderne-styleIron Cove Bridge, which opened in 1955, crosses the Parramatta River linking Rozelle with the suburb ofDrummoyne. Alongside the bridge on the Rozelle side is the site of theBalmain Power Station, which was demolished in 1996 to make way for residential apartments.
• On the eastern side stands theAnzac Bridge, completed in 1996, it is the main arterial link between the inner west and Sydney city. Below the bridge lies its predecessor, the Glebe Island Bridge, which opened in 1901.
• Callan Park was an insane asylum between 1878 and 1914. Many of the original sandstone buildings survive to this day and the extensive parklands are open to the public.
• St Paul's Presbyterian Church, Darling Street, was designed by E.J. Bowen and built in 1904. It is a brick building with stone trimmings and a slate roof. It is now listed on theRegister of the National Estate.^[8]
• Rozelle Community Centre, is a community focused group where likeminded individuals amalgamate to discuss a plethora of topical issues such as local marine life, health and fitness, amongst other fun topics.
• Rozelle Public School, corner Darling Street and Victoria Road, was designed byJohn Horbury Hunt and built of sandstone in 1877. An extra wing was designed by W.E. Kemp and built in 1881. The school is now listed on theRegister of the National Estate.^[9]
• Rozelle Markets (open Saturday)

At the2021 census, 8,553 people were living in Rozelle,^[2] compared to 8,725 people at the 2016 census.^[10]

In 2021, 66.8% of people were born in Australia. The other most common countries of birth were England 8.3%, New Zealand 2.6% and Ireland 1.4%. 83.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 1.3%, Mandarin 1.2% and Italian 0.9%. The most common responses for religion were no religion 53.0% and Catholic 21.8%. 38.8% of dwellings were semi-detached terraced houses or townhouses, 34.9% were flats, units or apartments and 24.5% were separate houses.^[2]

• Rozelle Public School
• Sydney College of the Arts (part ofSydney University)
• Sydney Community College
• Australian International Conservatorium of Music
• Rozelle School of Visual Arts
• Sydney Secondary College Balmain Campus (part ofSydney Secondary College)

• St Joseph's Catholic Church
• St Thomas's Anglican Church (built 1874 to the design ofEdmund Blacket)
• C3 Church

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  Merton Estate Hotel
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  Tattersalls Hotel
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  Bald Rock Hotel
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  White Bay Power Station
• 
  Iron Cove Bridge
• 
  Unit wheat train inRozelle rail yards approaching the Grain Terminal in 1977
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  Rozelle Public School, Darling Street (designed byJohn Horbury Hunt)
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  Garry Owen Hotel
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  St Thomas's Anglican Church, Darling Street
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  Rozelle Bay with White Bay Power Station and the Glebe Island grain silos in the background

• The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company, 1981,ISBN 0-333-33750-6
• Solling, M; Reynolds, P;Leichhardt: On the margins of the city, Allen & Unwin, 1997,ISBN 1-86448-408-X.
• Lawrence, J; Warne, C;A Pictorial History of Balmain to Glebe, Kingsclear Books, 1995,ISBN 0-908272-40-5.

• John Williams (2010)."Rozelle".Dictionary of Sydney. Retrieved29 September 2015. [CC-By-SA]
• Local Images at InnerWest ImageBank
• Local History Collection, Leichhardt Council

• Suburbs of Sydney
• Inner West Council
• Rozelle, New South Wales

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