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Racecourse

Type - Racecourse
Ascot racecourse
Brighton racecourse
Canterbury Park racecourse
Catalina race track
Five Dock racecourse
Harold Park Paceway
Homebush racecourse
Randwick racecourse
Rosebery racecourse
Sydney Driving Park
Warwick Farm racecourse

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Racecourse

Ascot racecourse

Racecourse where punters watched unregistered proprietary horse racing. The site is now part of Sydney airport.

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Brighton racecourse

Racecourse in Rockdale where pony racing was held in the early twentieth century.

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Canterbury Park racecourse

Racecourse on the Cooks River established in the 1880s, although racing had been conducted nearby from the 1840s.

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Catalina race track

Motor racing track in Katoomba used from the 1960s to the 1990s for many kinds of racing. The site was declared an Aboriginal place in 2002, recognising the prior occupation of The Gully as an Aboriginal summer camp.

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Five Dock racecourse

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Racecourse at Duttons Point on Five Dock Farm, which was owned by Charles Abercrombie. The first Australian steeplechase was held here on 19 September 1844. Duttons Point is now Birkenhead Point.

Harold Park Paceway

Running grounds in Glebe which was developed in part of the Toxteth Estate in 1890 for pony racing, trotting and athletics. The course had various names and owners until it was named Harold Park after the imported American trotting horse Childe Harold in 1929. From 1929 to 1987 it also hosted greyhound race meetings. The venue closed in 2010 and is now the site of medium density housing.

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Homebush racecourse

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Racecourse established by William Charles Wentworth on his land at Homebush, which operated from 1841 till 1859, with some races run until the 1870s. The site remained a training course and was later used for grazing cattle.

Randwick racecourse

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Racecourse that predates the development of the suburbs around it.

Rosebery racecourse

Pony track opened in 1906 which became extremely popular during the 1920s. Converted to an army camp during World War I and World War II, it was later used as a training track by Sydney Turf Club.

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Sydney Driving Park

Popular horseracing and trotting venue at Moore Park in the late nineteenth century.

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Warwick Farm racecourse

Racecourse in Sydney's south-west opened by the Warwick Farm Racing Club in 1889 and purchased by the Australian Jockey Club in 1922.

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