BEXLEY NORTH, NEW SOUTH WALES

'Bexley North' is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Bexley North 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.

Contents

Commercial Area

Transport

History

Landmarks

Notable Former Residents

References

External links

Commercial Area

Bexley North is mostly a residential suburb. A small shopping centre is located around the intersection of Bexley Road with Slade Road and Shaw Street, close to Bexley North railway station. A Flemings supermarket and many small businesses can be found here.

Transport

Bexley North railway station is on the East Hills line of the CityRail network. Bexley North is also serviced by a State Transit Authority bus route.
The M5 South Western Motorway runs south-west towards Beverly Hills and Liverpool. There are no entrances at Bexley North to the 4km tunnel which begins here and heads north-east towards Botany and the city. Access to the north east of the motorway is allowed at Kingsgrove and Arncliffe.

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.
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

★ Bexley North Scout Hall

★ Bardwell Creek

Notable Former 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.

★ Matthew Bianco, Australian footballer playing for Internazionale FC in Milan, Italy.

References

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

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