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Mascot, New South Wales

Mascot is a suburb in the Inner-South of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Mascot is located 7 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is one of the administrative centres of the Bayside Council. A small part of Mascot is located in the Inner West Council. Mascot is on the north-west side of Botany Bay and contains Sydney Airport.

Mascot
SydneyNew South Wales
Shopping strip, Botany Road
Mascot
Coordinates33°55′45″S 151°11′17″E / 33.92917°S 151.18806°E / -33.92917; 151.18806
Population14,772 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density1,605.7/km2 (4,159/sq mi)
Established1911
Postcode(s)2020
Area9.2 km2 (3.6 sq mi)
Location7 km (4 mi) from Sydney CBD
LGA(s)Bayside Council, Inner West Council (minor)
State electorate(s)Heffron
Federal division(s)Kingsford Smith

History edit

 
Botany Road, Mascot in 1938
 
Botany Road, Mascot in July 1951

The first land grants in the area were made in 1835, with market gardening being the main land use. Subdivision followed the construction of Botany Road in 1875 and a municipality known as North Botany was formed in 1888. A racecourse operated in this area in 1904 on land that was formerly owned by the Australian Golf Club. The race course was known as Ascot, named after its famous counterpart in England. Residents wanted the area to have an individual identity and a referendum was held in 1911 to choose between Ascot, and Booralee.[2] An objection from the postal authorities to the use of 'Ascot' led the council to alter the name to Mascot.[3]

In 1920, Mascot was chosen as the site of a public airfield. Nigel Love was leasing 200 acres (81 ha; 0.81 km2) from the Kensington Race club and in 1921 the Commonwealth Government purchased 161 acres (65 ha; 0.65 km2) for this purpose. The first regular flights began in 1924. The Cooks River was diverted away from the area in 1947–52 to provide more land for the airport.[4]

In the early 1970s a large meeting of residents successfully requested that the NSW Builders Labourers Federation place a ban on the construction of town-house type dwellings if there was not sufficient green area retained around them.[5]

Heritage listings edit

Mascot has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: 1024 Botany Road: Botany Water Reserves[6] and General Holmes Drive: Sewage Pumping Station 38[7]

Commercial area edit

 
Qantas head office
 
View over Mascot while landing at Sydney Airport

Mascot has a mixture of residential, commercial and industrial areas. The main shopping centre is located on Botany Road. The area around Mascot railway station is being redeveloped to contain high-density commercial and residential developments. The Police Headquarters for the local Botany Bay Area Command is on Botany Road and Mascot Ambulance Station is situated directly opposite. Mascot Fire Station is located in Coward Street, beside the City of Botany Bay Council Chambers.

Sydney Airport, Australia's principal airport, is an influential presence and key employer. The head office of Qantas is the Qantas Centre at 203 Coward Street in Mascot.[8] There is also a number of airport hotels in the suburb.

Transport edit

Mascot is serviced by a number of bus routes, which are operated by Transdev John Holland and Transit Systems. Routes 303, 306, 310 and 350, routes travel down Botany Road. Routes 343 and 356 services travel down Gardeners Road and route 305 departs from the Qantas Centre.

The suburb is served by three railway stations on the Airport & South Line. Mascot railway station is located in the residential and business area of the suburb.[9] The International and Domestic railway stations are situated below the respective terminals of the airport. The Sydenham to Botany branch of the Metropolitan Goods railway line passes through the suburb and includes a yard in Mascot.

Recent improvements to Kingsford-Smith Airport have resulted in the creation of a bicycle path between Mascot (Coward Street) and the M5 East Freeway at Arncliffe. Other bike paths pass through Mascot to Botany Bay, the University of New South Wales and the Sydney CBD.

Population edit

At the 2016 census, the population of Mascot was 14,772, of which 41.3% were born in Australia. The most common foreign countries of birth were China 10.6%, Indonesia 6.6%, Philippines 2.7%, India 2.2% and United Kingdom 2.0%. Some 42.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 10.7%, Indonesian 6.7%, Cantonese 3.9%, Greek 3.9% and Spanish 2.8%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 27.6% and Catholic 26.8%. Of occupied private dwellings in Mascot, 60.7% were flats or apartments; 31.9% were separate houses; and 6.4% were semi-detached, row- or terrace houses, townhouses etc.[1]

Notable people edit

Politics edit

Mascot is in the safe Labor federal electoral division of Kingsford Smith, which has been held by Matt Thistlethwaite since 2013.[10]

Mascot is in the safe Labor state electorate of Heffron, which has been held by Ron Hoenig since 2012.[11]

Schools edit

Mascot Public School is a primary school in King Street[12] and J. J. Cahill Memorial High School is located in Sutherland Street.[13]

St Therese School Mascot is located in Sutherland Street.[14]

Gardeners Road Primary school is on the Rosebery side of Gardeners Road, but attracts a number of students from Mascot.[15]

Places of worship edit

  • Knox Presbyterian Church built in 1911
  • Self-Realization Fellowship Sydney Centre
  • St Catherine's Greek Orthodox Church

Parks and recreation edit

L'Estrange Park is home to both the Mascot Kings (soccer) and the Mascot Juniors rugby league teams. Mascot Oval is the venue for the Mascot Juniors' home games. The Lakes Golf Club has hosted many international golf tournaments.

Gallery edit

Climate edit

Mascot has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) with warm summers and mild winters. The area receives 104 clear days and 129 cloudy days annually.

Climate data for Sydney Airport (Eastern Sydney)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 46.4
(115.5)
42.9
(109.2)
41.2
(106.2)
35.7
(96.3)
29.1
(84.4)
25.6
(78.1)
26.7
(80.1)
30.9
(87.6)
35.9
(96.6)
39.1
(102.4)
43.4
(110.1)
43.2
(109.8)
46.4
(115.5)
Average high °C (°F) 27.7
(81.9)
27.1
(80.8)
25.8
(78.4)
23.3
(73.9)
20.6
(69.1)
18.1
(64.6)
17.7
(63.9)
19.1
(66.4)
21.6
(70.9)
23.6
(74.5)
24.6
(76.3)
26.4
(79.5)
23.0
(73.4)
Average low °C (°F) 20.0
(68.0)
20.0
(68.0)
18.5
(65.3)
15.2
(59.4)
12.1
(53.8)
9.8
(49.6)
8.5
(47.3)
9.3
(48.7)
11.9
(53.4)
14.4
(57.9)
16.5
(61.7)
18.4
(65.1)
14.5
(58.1)
Record low °C (°F) 13.0
(55.4)
12.0
(53.6)
8.8
(47.8)
7.1
(44.8)
3.8
(38.8)
2.2
(36.0)
0.8
(33.4)
3.2
(37.8)
5.1
(41.2)
6.0
(42.8)
7.6
(45.7)
11
(52)
0.8
(33.4)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 80.7
(3.18)
117.2
(4.61)
96.3
(3.79)
98.2
(3.87)
89.3
(3.52)
125.9
(4.96)
69.5
(2.74)
63.3
(2.49)
59.0
(2.32)
55.5
(2.19)
72.3
(2.85)
67.1
(2.64)
996.2
(39.22)
Average rainy days (≥ 1 mm) 7.8 8.6 9.4 8.2 7.6 8.9 7.0 5.4 6.3 7.4 8.6 7.9 93.1
Average afternoon relative humidity (%) 59 62 60 58 59 58 53 46 49 52 56 57 56
Mean monthly sunshine hours 235.6 202.4 213.9 207.0 195.3 177.0 204.6 244.9 237.0 244.9 228.0 244.9 2,635.5
Source 1: Bureau of Meteorology[16] (records)
Source 2: Bureau of Meteorology[17] (1991-2020 averages)

References edit

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mascot (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 31 July 2017.  
  2. ^ "Municipal Referenda". Evening News. 31 January 1911.
  3. ^ "Altered to " Mascot."". Barrier Miner. 2 August 1911.
  4. ^ The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Frances Pollon (Angus and Robertson) 1990, p. 167
  5. ^ Green Bans Art Walks Project (23 June 2023). "Green Bans Timeline: 1971-74". The Commons Social Change Library. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Botany Water Reserves". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01317. Retrieved 18 May 2018.   Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
  7. ^ "Sewage Pumping Station 38". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01344. Retrieved 18 May 2018.   Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
  8. ^ "Other Qantas Contacts 14 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine." Qantas. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
  9. ^ Transport for NSW, Customer Experience Division. "Mascot Station". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  10. ^ "Kingsford Smith - Federal Electorate, Candidates, Results". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  11. ^ "Heffron - NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  12. ^ http://www.mascot-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/[bare URL]
  13. ^ http://www.jjcahill-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/[bare URL]
  14. ^ "Home | St Therese Catholic Primary School Mascot". Sttmascot.catholic.edu.au. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  15. ^ "About our school - Gardeners Road Public School".
  16. ^ "Sydney Airport AMO". Climate statistics for Australian locations. Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  17. ^ http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_066037_All.shtml

External links edit

  • Mascot - Sydney.com

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Mascot is a suburb in the Inner South of Sydney in the state of New South Wales Australia Mascot is located 7 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is one of the administrative centres of the Bayside Council A small part of Mascot is located in the Inner West Council Mascot is on the north west side of Botany Bay and contains Sydney Airport Mascot Sydney New South WalesShopping strip Botany RoadMascotCoordinates33 55 45 S 151 11 17 E 33 92917 S 151 18806 E 33 92917 151 18806Population14 772 2016 census 1 Density1 605 7 km2 4 159 sq mi Established1911Postcode s 2020Area9 2 km2 3 6 sq mi Location7 km 4 mi from Sydney CBDLGA s Bayside Council Inner West Council minor State electorate s HeffronFederal division s Kingsford SmithSuburbs around Mascot Alexandria Arncliffe RoseberySt Peters Mascot EastlakesTempe Pagewood Botany Contents 1 History 2 Heritage listings 3 Commercial area 4 Transport 5 Population 6 Notable people 7 Politics 8 Schools 9 Places of worship 10 Parks and recreation 11 Gallery 12 Climate 13 References 14 External linksHistory edit nbsp Botany Road Mascot in 1938 nbsp Botany Road Mascot in July 1951See also Municipality of Mascot The first land grants in the area were made in 1835 with market gardening being the main land use Subdivision followed the construction of Botany Road in 1875 and a municipality known as North Botany was formed in 1888 A racecourse operated in this area in 1904 on land that was formerly owned by the Australian Golf Club The race course was known as Ascot named after its famous counterpart in England Residents wanted the area to have an individual identity and a referendum was held in 1911 to choose between Ascot and Booralee 2 An objection from the postal authorities to the use of Ascot led the council to alter the name to Mascot 3 In 1920 Mascot was chosen as the site of a public airfield Nigel Love was leasing 200 acres 81 ha 0 81 km2 from the Kensington Race club and in 1921 the Commonwealth Government purchased 161 acres 65 ha 0 65 km2 for this purpose The first regular flights began in 1924 The Cooks River was diverted away from the area in 1947 52 to provide more land for the airport 4 In the early 1970s a large meeting of residents successfully requested that the NSW Builders Labourers Federation place a ban on the construction of town house type dwellings if there was not sufficient green area retained around them 5 Heritage listings editMascot has a number of heritage listed sites including 1024 Botany Road Botany Water Reserves 6 and General Holmes Drive Sewage Pumping Station 38 7 Commercial area edit nbsp Qantas head office nbsp View over Mascot while landing at Sydney AirportMascot has a mixture of residential commercial and industrial areas The main shopping centre is located on Botany Road The area around Mascot railway station is being redeveloped to contain high density commercial and residential developments The Police Headquarters for the local Botany Bay Area Command is on Botany Road and Mascot Ambulance Station is situated directly opposite Mascot Fire Station is located in Coward Street beside the City of Botany Bay Council Chambers Sydney Airport Australia s principal airport is an influential presence and key employer The head office of Qantas is the Qantas Centre at 203 Coward Street in Mascot 8 There is also a number of airport hotels in the suburb Transport editMascot is serviced by a number of bus routes which are operated by Transdev John Holland and Transit Systems Routes 303 306 310 and 350 routes travel down Botany Road Routes 343 and 356 services travel down Gardeners Road and route 305 departs from the Qantas Centre The suburb is served by three railway stations on the Airport amp South Line Mascot railway station is located in the residential and business area of the suburb 9 The International and Domestic railway stations are situated below the respective terminals of the airport The Sydenham to Botany branch of the Metropolitan Goods railway line passes through the suburb and includes a yard in Mascot Recent improvements to Kingsford Smith Airport have resulted in the creation of a bicycle path between Mascot Coward Street and the M5 East Freeway at Arncliffe Other bike paths pass through Mascot to Botany Bay the University of New South Wales and the Sydney CBD Population editAt the 2016 census the population of Mascot was 14 772 of which 41 3 were born in Australia The most common foreign countries of birth were China 10 6 Indonesia 6 6 Philippines 2 7 India 2 2 and United Kingdom 2 0 Some 42 9 of people only spoke English at home Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 10 7 Indonesian 6 7 Cantonese 3 9 Greek 3 9 and Spanish 2 8 The most common responses for religion were No Religion 27 6 and Catholic 26 8 Of occupied private dwellings in Mascot 60 7 were flats or apartments 31 9 were separate houses and 6 4 were semi detached row or terrace houses townhouses etc 1 Notable people editJim Breen rugby league player Jessica Wong dealmaker and tik tok star Thomas Bulch musician Mick Craigie rugby league player Eric Cremin golfer Ron Hoenig barrister and politician Tom Howard golfer Amber Lawrence musician Jack Lindwall rugby league player Ray Lindwall Test cricketer and rugby league player George Piggins rugby league player and administrator Amber Jade Sanderson politician Sione Tovo rugby league playerPolitics editMascot is in the safe Labor federal electoral division of Kingsford Smith which has been held by Matt Thistlethwaite since 2013 10 Mascot is in the safe Labor state electorate of Heffron which has been held by Ron Hoenig since 2012 11 Schools editMascot Public School is a primary school in King Street 12 and J J Cahill Memorial High School is located in Sutherland Street 13 St Therese School Mascot is located in Sutherland Street 14 Gardeners Road Primary school is on the Rosebery side of Gardeners Road but attracts a number of students from Mascot 15 Places of worship editKnox Presbyterian Church built in 1911 Self Realization Fellowship Sydney Centre St Catherine s Greek Orthodox ChurchParks and recreation editL Estrange Park is home to both the Mascot Kings soccer and the Mascot Juniors rugby league teams Mascot Oval is the venue for the Mascot Juniors home games The Lakes Golf Club has hosted many international golf tournaments Gallery edit nbsp St Catherine s Greek Orthodox Church Coward Street nbsp Knox Presbyterian Church Botany Road nbsp Entrance to Sydney Airport nbsp Mascot Fire Station Coward Street nbsp Council Chambers Coward Street nbsp Mascot Memorial Park Botany Road nbsp Mascot railway stationClimate editMascot has a humid subtropical climate Cfa with warm summers and mild winters The area receives 104 clear days and 129 cloudy days annually Climate data for Sydney Airport Eastern Sydney Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YearRecord high C F 46 4 115 5 42 9 109 2 41 2 106 2 35 7 96 3 29 1 84 4 25 6 78 1 26 7 80 1 30 9 87 6 35 9 96 6 39 1 102 4 43 4 110 1 43 2 109 8 46 4 115 5 Average high C F 27 7 81 9 27 1 80 8 25 8 78 4 23 3 73 9 20 6 69 1 18 1 64 6 17 7 63 9 19 1 66 4 21 6 70 9 23 6 74 5 24 6 76 3 26 4 79 5 23 0 73 4 Average low C F 20 0 68 0 20 0 68 0 18 5 65 3 15 2 59 4 12 1 53 8 9 8 49 6 8 5 47 3 9 3 48 7 11 9 53 4 14 4 57 9 16 5 61 7 18 4 65 1 14 5 58 1 Record low C F 13 0 55 4 12 0 53 6 8 8 47 8 7 1 44 8 3 8 38 8 2 2 36 0 0 8 33 4 3 2 37 8 5 1 41 2 6 0 42 8 7 6 45 7 11 52 0 8 33 4 Average rainfall mm inches 80 7 3 18 117 2 4 61 96 3 3 79 98 2 3 87 89 3 3 52 125 9 4 96 69 5 2 74 63 3 2 49 59 0 2 32 55 5 2 19 72 3 2 85 67 1 2 64 996 2 39 22 Average rainy days 1 mm 7 8 8 6 9 4 8 2 7 6 8 9 7 0 5 4 6 3 7 4 8 6 7 9 93 1Average afternoon relative humidity 59 62 60 58 59 58 53 46 49 52 56 57 56Mean monthly sunshine hours 235 6 202 4 213 9 207 0 195 3 177 0 204 6 244 9 237 0 244 9 228 0 244 9 2 635 5Source 1 Bureau of Meteorology 16 records Source 2 Bureau of Meteorology 17 1991 2020 averages References edit a b Australian Bureau of Statistics 27 June 2017 Mascot State Suburb 2016 Census QuickStats Retrieved 31 July 2017 nbsp Municipal Referenda Evening News 31 January 1911 Altered to Mascot Barrier Miner 2 August 1911 The Book of Sydney Suburbs Frances Pollon Angus and Robertson 1990 p 167 Green Bans Art Walks Project 23 June 2023 Green Bans Timeline 1971 74 The Commons Social Change Library Retrieved 9 July 2023 Botany Water Reserves New South Wales State Heritage Register Department of Planning amp Environment H01317 Retrieved 18 May 2018 nbsp Text is licensed by State of New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment under CC BY 4 0 licence Sewage Pumping Station 38 New South Wales State Heritage Register Department of Planning amp Environment H01344 Retrieved 18 May 2018 nbsp Text is licensed by State of New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment under CC BY 4 0 licence Other Qantas Contacts Archived 14 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine Qantas Retrieved 10 February 2009 Transport for NSW Customer Experience Division Mascot Station transportnsw info Retrieved 3 November 2023 Kingsford Smith Federal Electorate Candidates Results Australian Broadcasting Corporation Heffron NSW Electorate Candidates Results Australian Broadcasting Corporation http www mascot p schools nsw edu au bare URL http www jjcahill h schools nsw edu au bare URL Home St Therese Catholic Primary School Mascot Sttmascot catholic edu au Retrieved 21 August 2022 About our school Gardeners Road Public School Sydney Airport AMO Climate statistics for Australian locations Bureau of Meteorology Retrieved 14 April 2020 http www bom gov au climate averages tables cw 066037 All shtmlExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mascot New South Wales Mascot Sydney com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mascot New South Wales amp oldid 1183326365, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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