Roseville, New South Wales

Roseville Sydney, New South Wales
Roseville Park Oval
Population	8,257(2006)
• Density	2,430/km2 (6,290/sq mi)
Established	1814
Postcode(s)	2069
Area	3.4 km2 (1.3 sq mi)
Location	12 km (7 mi) north-west of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)	Ku-ring-gai Council City of Willoughby
State electorate(s)	Davidson, Ku-ring-gai, Willoughby
Federal division(s)	Bradfield, Warringah
Suburbs around Roseville: Lindfield East Lindfield Roseville Chase Macquarie Park Roseville Castle Cove Chatswood West Chatswood North Willoughby

Roseville is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Roseville is located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north-west of the Sydney central business district and sits across the local government areas of Ku-ring-gai and Willoughby. Roseville Chase is a separate suburb to the east.

The Premier of New South Wales since 2011, Barry O'Farrell lives with his family in Roseville. As a member of parliament, Barry O'Farrel represents the electoral district of Ku-ring-gai, which Roseville falls within.

History and location

Roseville railway station

Roseville is the southern-most suburb in the municipality of Ku-ring-gai. It lies between Findlay Avenue and Ashley Street to the south, and Bayswater Road, Abingdon Road, Chelmsford Avenue and Carnarvon Road to the north. A narrow section of the southernmost area of Roseville, between Ashley Street and Boundary Street, is in the Willoughby municipality. To the east, Roseville is bounded by the waterways of Middle Harbour and Moores Creek, and to the west it is bounded by the Lane Cove National Park. Roseville Chase is surrounded by Babbage Road, Middle Harbour and Moores Creek, and is bisected by Warringah Road, which Roseville Bridge carries over Middle Harbour. The names "Roseville West", "Roseville East" and "East Roseville" are no longer in official use.

William Henry was one of Ku-ring-gai's first European settlers, who used the area for farming. There were a number of fruit orchards and market gardens in the area. Other significant settlers were David Mathew, who owned a property called Clanville, and Richard Archbold, who was granted an area of 600 acres (2.4 km²) adjacent to Clanville. Archbold later acquired Clanville and set up an orchard on the property. Archbold's son-in-law had a stone cottage called Rose Villa, which was later demolished to make way for the North Shore railway line. Roseville eventually derived its name from Rose Villa.

Babbage Road was named for Eden Herschel Babbage (a grandson of Charles Babbage), a retired banker who lived in "Rawhiti" on Clanville Road. Dubbed the "Father of Roseville", he was largely responsible for developing Roseville Park, Davidson Park and Roseville Chase. His brother-in-law, Francis Robert Burton, donated the large pavilion in Roseville Park, following the death in 1913 of brother William Burton, of "Woodlands" on Bancroft Avenue.

The Australian photographer Harold Cazneaux (1878 to 1953) lived for much of his life in a Federation home called "Ambleside", located in Park Avenue.

Infrastructure and development

Art Deco building, Pacific Highway

Roseville Uniting Church, Lord Street

Roseville is a residential suburb, with medium to low density housing, and lush and leafy roadsides and gardens. Its relatively quiet and calm environment means that property prices are considerably high. Houses closer to railway station tend to be constructed in the Federation (c. 1890s to 1920s) and Californian bungalow (c. 1920s to 1930s) architectural styles, with the outer areas developed during the 1940s and 1950s in less ornate styles. Since this time, a small portion of these older homes have been demolished and replaced with new development properties. The government is also considering to place Roseville under a Heritage listed area as many of the homes and gardens in and around Roseville are a certain style that dates back to the 1950s.

Roseville railway station is on the North Shore line of the CityRail network. Roseville has a small commercial area beside Roseville railway station on the Pacific Highway and Hill Street. The former Commonwealth Bank is a notable art deco building on the Pacific Highway.

Roseville is well known for the amount of sleepy lush green gardens and parks that surround it. Many picnickers are attracted to this suburb for its peace and quiet and historical gardens. Some of the parks in Roseville include: Kimo Street Bush, Lower Blue Gum Creek Bush, Loyal Henry Park, Roseville Park, Roseville West Park, and Muston Park.

Schools in the suburb comprise Roseville Public School and Roseville College. Roseville is also home to several churches: St Luke’s Presbyterian Church, Lord Street; Roseville Uniting Church, Lord Street; The Chinese Christian Assembly of Sydney, Moore Street; and St Andrew's Anglican Church. St Andrew's is on the corner of Hill Street and Bancroft Avenue. Its foundation stone was laid by the Archbishop of Sydney, The Most Rev. H. W. K. Mowll, D.D., 27 April 1935, while the rector was W. J. Roberts.

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  Federation house, Kelburn Road
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  Federation house, Roseville Avenue
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  Federation house, Clanville Road
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  Federation house (c. 1912), Gerald Avenue
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  Federation "arts and crafts" house, Dudley Avenue
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  Californian bungalow house (1930s), The Grove
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  Tudor revival house (1936), Clermiston Avenue
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  Art deco house (1950s), Marjorie Street
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  Federation revival house (2000s), Dudley Avenue
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  Modern house (c. 2007), Marjorie Street