Queens Park, New South Wales
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Queens_Park-1.jpg) Queens Park, view towards Sydney CBD | |||||||||||||
  Queens Park Location in greater metropolitan Sydney | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 33°54′4″S 151°14′53″E / 33.90111°S 151.24806°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| City | Sydney | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 58 m (190 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 3,143 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2022 | ||||||||||||
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Queens Park is a small suburb in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, located approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the Sydney central business district. Located north of Queen's Park (with an apostrophe), an urban park that forms part of the Centennial Parklands, the suburb is located in the local government area of Waverley Council.
The suburb is bounded by the suburbs of Centennial Park to the west, Waverley and Charing Cross to the east, Bondi Junction to the north and Randwick to the south.
The suburb surrounds the park with houses on three sides; however only houses on the park's northern and eastern sides form the suburb of Queens Park. The area previously formed part of the suburb of Bondi Junction but was proclaimed a suburb by the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales on 2 October 1992. Houses on the eastern side date from the Victorian era. Those on the northern and southern sides are mainly Federation.
Significant sites in the suburb include the Eastern Suburb Banksia Scrub located on the south eastern side of the Moriah College site, Moriah College, and the building contained within the college that formed the former Eastern Suburbs Hospital.
History
Queens Park takes its name from the park of the same name on its southern border.
The 1st Australian Field Ambulance was raised on 24 August 1914 at Queens Park. Nearly two months were spent at the camp before the order was given to embark.[2]
Once part of Bondi Junction, the suburb's name was officially recognised in 1992 following a submission to Waverley Council by a local author Mark Roeder, and a subsequent referendum. Notwithstanding the name change, many of the longer-term residents of the suburb still refer to the area as Bondi Junction.
Heritage listings
Queens Park has a number of heritage-listed sites, including
- 11 Victoria Street: Charing Cross (homestead)[3]
Population
In the 2021 Census, there were 3,143 people in Queens Park. 66.4% of people were born in Australia. The next most common country of birth was England at 7.1%. 80.5% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 41.2%, Catholic 23.0% and Judaism 10.9%.[1]
