Rosehill, New South Wales

Rosehill Sydney, New South Wales
Rosehill Racecourse
Postcode:	2142
Location:	23 km (14 mi) west of Sydney CBD
LGA:	City of Parramatta
State electorate:	Parramatta
Federal Division:	Parramatta
Suburbs around Rosehill: Parramatta Camellia Rydalmere Harris Park Rosehill Silverwater Granville Granville Auburn

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

Industrial land at Rosehill

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, 850 acres (3.4 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 1888 on the Carlingford line, which was a private railway line until it was taken over by the state government in 1904.

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.
• Mercure Sydney Parramatta Hotel, formally Travelodge Rosehill

External links

• Rosehill, New South Wales is at coordinates 33°49′38″S 151°01′01″E