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St Jude's Church, Randwick 1867

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St Jude's Church, Randwick 1867

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State Library of New South Wales

[a089075 / SPF/75]

(Mitchell Library)

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Randwick

The City of Randwick in south-eastern Sydney is located on land that was once swamps and heath vegetation. Home to local Aboriginal people for thousands of years, the area remained relatively isolated to Europeans until the mid nineteenth century when Randwick village began to take shape. Little remains of this English-style village with development in post-war years dramatically changing the suburb.

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Religious building

St Jude's Anglican church Randwick

Victorian Gothic church built in 1865 on land donated by Simeon Pearce. Some of its interior fittings were designed by Edmund Blacket and the church contains the only ringable steel eight bells in the world, which were originally cast in 1864 at Vickers, England. The Tower was heightened in 1877 to accommodate the clock and the transepts added in 1889.

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Randwick

South-eastern, primarily residential suburb. Named after the home town of Simeon Pearce in Gloucestershire, England, it is the location of the Randwick Racecourse and Prince of Wales Hospital.

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