Mascot, New South Wales
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Mascot is a suburb
in south-eastern
Sydney
, in the state of New South Wales
, Australia
. Mascot is located 7 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district
and is the administrative centre of the City of Botany Bay
. Mascot is on the north-west side of Botany Bay
and contains Sydney Airport
.
in England. Residents wanted the area to have an individual identity and a referendum was held in 1911 to choose between Mascot, Boronia and Booralee.
In 1920, Mascot was chosen as the site of a public airfield. Nigel Love was leasing 200 acre (0.809372 km²) from the Kensington Race club and in 1921 the Commonwealth Government purchased 161 acre (0.65154446 km²) for this purpose. The first regular flights began in 1924. Cooks River
was diverted away from the area in 1947-52 to provide more land for the airport.
Sydney Airport
, Sydney's principal airport, takes up a large part of the suburb. The head office of Qantas
is the Qantas Centre at 203 Coward Street in Mascot. The regional airline Eastern Australia Airlines
has its head office on the grounds of Sydney Airport in Mascot. The airline Impulse Airlines
, when it existed, had its head office in the airport property.
. The M20, 301, 303, 309, 310, 400 and 410 routes travel down Botany Road. The 343 and 357 services travel down Gardeners Road and the 305 route departs from Qantas Centre.
The suburb is served by three railway stations on the Airport line. Mascot railway station, is located in the residential and business area of the suburb. 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 Sydney CBD.
Census
of Population and Housing, the population of the Mascot postcode area was 8517 people. 40.9% of the population was born overseas. The three strongest religious affiliations in the area were in descending order: Catholic
, Greek Orthodox Church
and Anglican. The three most common forms of dwelling were in decreasing order: a separate house; a flat, unit or apartment; a semi-detached
, row or terrace house
, or townhouse.
The Australian Test cricketer and rugby league player Ray Lindwall
was born in Mascot.
federal electoral division of Kingsford Smith
. As of 2009, the seat was held by Labor Environment Minister Peter Garrett
, who was elected in the federal election, 2008.
For NSW state elections, Mascot is in the Electoral district of Heffron
, which local member Kristina Keneally, MP holds with a 23.7% margin, the 7th safest Labor seat in NSW.
St Therese School Mascot is located in Sutherland Street.
) and the Mascot Jets rugby league
teams. Mascot Oval is the venue for the Jets' home games. The Lakes Golf Club has hosted many international golf
tournaments.
Suburb
The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...
in south-eastern
South-eastern Sydney
South-Eastern Sydney is a term which is used to describe the metropolitan area directly to the south and east of the Sydney central business district in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.The area stretches from the inner city to the foreshores of Botany Bay...
Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, in the state of New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Mascot is located 7 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district
Sydney central business district
The Sydney central business district is the main commercial centre of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It extends southwards for about 3 kilometres from Sydney Cove, the point of first European settlement. Its north–south axis runs from Circular Quay in the north to Central railway station in...
and is the administrative centre of the City of Botany Bay
City of Botany Bay
The City of Botany Bay is a Local Government Area in south eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It encompasses the suburbs to the north of Botany Bay, such as Botany. The administrative centre is located at Mascot, which is 7 km south of the Sydney central business...
. Mascot is on the north-west side of Botany Bay
Botany Bay
Botany Bay is a bay in Sydney, New South Wales, a few kilometres south of the Sydney central business district. The Cooks River and the Georges River are the two major tributaries that flow into the bay...
and contains Sydney Airport
Sydney Airport
Sydney Airport may refer to:* Sydney Airport, also known as Kingsford Smith International Airport, in Sydney, Australia* Sydney/J.A. Douglas McCurdy Airport, in Nova Scotia, Canada...
.
History
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 counterpartAscot Racecourse
Ascot Racecourse is a famous English racecourse, located in the small town of Ascot, Berkshire, used for thoroughbred horse racing. It is one of the leading racecourses in the United Kingdom, hosting 9 of the UK's 32 annual Group 1 races...
in England. Residents wanted the area to have an individual identity and a referendum was held in 1911 to choose between Mascot, Boronia and Booralee.
In 1920, Mascot was chosen as the site of a public airfield. Nigel Love was leasing 200 acre (0.809372 km²) from the Kensington Race club and in 1921 the Commonwealth Government purchased 161 acre (0.65154446 km²) for this purpose. The first regular flights began in 1924. Cooks River
Cooks River
The Cooks River is a 23 kilometre long urban waterway of south-western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia emptying into Botany Bay. The course of the river has been altered to accommodate various developments along its shore...
was diverted away from the area in 1947-52 to provide more land for the airport.
Commercial area
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
Sydney Airport
Sydney Airport may refer to:* Sydney Airport, also known as Kingsford Smith International Airport, in Sydney, Australia* Sydney/J.A. Douglas McCurdy Airport, in Nova Scotia, Canada...
, Sydney's principal airport, takes up a large part of the suburb. The head office of Qantas
Qantas
Qantas Airways Limited is the flag carrier of Australia. The name was originally "QANTAS", an initialism for "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services". Nicknamed "The Flying Kangaroo", the airline is based in Sydney, with its main hub at Sydney Airport...
is the Qantas Centre at 203 Coward Street in Mascot. The regional airline Eastern Australia Airlines
Eastern Australia Airlines
Eastern Australia Airlines Pty Ltd is an airline based on the grounds of Sydney Airport in Mascot, City of Botany Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is a regional domestic airline serving 16 destinations under the QantasLink banner. Its main base is Sydney Airport, with a hub at Melbourne...
has its head office on the grounds of Sydney Airport in Mascot. The airline Impulse Airlines
Impulse Airlines
Impulse Airlines was an independent airline in Australia which operated regional and low cost trunk services between 1994 and 2001. It was acquired by Qantas in 2001 and later formed the basis of Qantas' low-cost airline Jetstar...
, when it existed, had its head office in the airport property.
Transport
Mascot is serviced by a number of bus routes, which are operated by Sydney BusesState Transit Authority of New South Wales
The State Transit Authority of New South Wales is an agency of the Government of New South Wales based in Sydney, Australia operating bus and ferry services. The STA is part of transport minister Gladys Berejiklian's portfolio...
. The M20, 301, 303, 309, 310, 400 and 410 routes travel down Botany Road. The 343 and 357 services travel down Gardeners Road and the 305 route departs from Qantas Centre.
The suburb is served by three railway stations on the Airport line. Mascot railway station, is located in the residential and business area of the suburb. The International
International railway station, Sydney
International is an underground railway station which serves the International Terminal of Sydney Airport...
and Domestic
Domestic railway station, Sydney
-Transport links:Sydney Buses runs one route via Domestic Airport Terminal station:*Route 400 - Limited Stops Services - west to Westfield Burwood, east to Bondi Junction Interchange.-See also:* Airport Link Company...
railway stations are situated below the respective terminals of the airport
Sydney Airport
Sydney Airport may refer to:* Sydney Airport, also known as Kingsford Smith International Airport, in Sydney, Australia* Sydney/J.A. Douglas McCurdy Airport, in Nova Scotia, Canada...
. 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
Arncliffe, New South Wales
Arncliffe is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Arncliffe is located 11 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Rockdale. Arncliffe is part of the St George area.Arncliffe is located south of the...
. Other bike paths pass through Mascot to Botany Bay
Botany Bay
Botany Bay is a bay in Sydney, New South Wales, a few kilometres south of the Sydney central business district. The Cooks River and the Georges River are the two major tributaries that flow into the bay...
, The University of New South Wales and Sydney CBD.
Population
In the 2006 Australian Bureau of StatisticsAustralian Bureau of Statistics
The Australian Bureau of Statistics is Australia's national statistical agency. It was created as the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics on 8 December 1905, when the Census and Statistics Act 1905 was given Royal assent. It had its beginnings in section 51 of the Constitution of Australia...
Census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
of Population and Housing, the population of the Mascot postcode area was 8517 people. 40.9% of the population was born overseas. The three strongest religious affiliations in the area were in descending order: Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
, Greek Orthodox Church
Greek Orthodox Church
The Greek Orthodox Church is the body of several churches within the larger communion of Eastern Orthodox Christianity sharing a common cultural tradition whose liturgy is also traditionally conducted in Koine Greek, the original language of the New Testament...
and Anglican. The three most common forms of dwelling were in decreasing order: a separate house; a flat, unit or apartment; a semi-detached
Semi-detached
Semi-detached housing consists of pairs of houses built side by side as units sharing a party wall and usually in such a way that each house's layout is a mirror image of its twin...
, row or terrace house
Terraced house
In architecture and city planning, a terrace house, terrace, row house, linked house or townhouse is a style of medium-density housing that originated in Great Britain in the late 17th century, where a row of identical or mirror-image houses share side walls...
, or townhouse.
The Australian Test cricketer and rugby league player Ray Lindwall
Ray Lindwall
Raymond Russell Lindwall MBE was a cricketer who represented Australia in 61 Tests from 1946 to 1960. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time. He also played top-flight rugby league football with St...
was born in Mascot.
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Politics
Mascot is in the safe LaborAustralian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
federal electoral division of Kingsford Smith
Division of Kingsford Smith
The Division of Kingsford Smith is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It is located in the south-eastern suburbs of Sydney, on the north shore of Botany Bay, and the coast of the Tasman Sea...
. As of 2009, the seat was held by Labor Environment Minister Peter Garrett
Peter Garrett
Peter Robert Garrett, AM, MP , is an Australian musician, environmentalist, activist and politician.Garrett was lead singer of the Australian rock band Midnight Oil from 1973 until its disbanding in 2002...
, who was elected in the federal election, 2008.
For NSW state elections, Mascot is in the Electoral district of Heffron
Electoral district of Heffron
Heffron is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is named after Robert Heffron, a former Labor premier of New South Wales. It is a safe Labor seat, and is currently represented by former Premier Kristina Keneally of the Australian Labor...
, which local member Kristina Keneally, MP holds with a 23.7% margin, the 7th safest Labor seat in NSW.
Schools
Mascot Public School is a primary school in King Street and J. J. Cahill Memorial High School is located in Sutherland Street.St Therese School Mascot is located in Sutherland Street.
Churches
Knox Presbyterian Church built in 1911 is located on Botany Road. St Catherine's Greek Orthodox Church is located in Coward Street.Parks and recreation
L'Estrange Park is home to both the Mascot Kings (soccerFootball (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
) and the Mascot Jets rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
teams. Mascot Oval is the venue for the Jets' home games. The Lakes Golf Club has hosted many international golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournaments.