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Mascot is a suburb in the Inner-South of Sydney, in the express of New South Wales, Australia. Mascot is located 7 kilometres south of the Sydney central business zone and is one of the administrative centres of the Bayside Council. A minor depart of Mascot is located in the Inner West Council. Mascot is on the northwest side of Botany Bay and contains Sydney Airport .
history [edit ]
Botany Road, Mascot in 1938
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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 racetrack operated in this area in 1904 on land that was once owned by the australian Golf Club. The race course was known as Ascot, named after its celebrated 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 expostulation from the postal authorities to the use of ‘Ascot ‘ led the council to alter the appoint to Mascot. [ 3 ] In 1920, Mascot was chosen as the site of a populace airfield. Nigel Love was leasing 200 acres ( 81 hour angle ; 0.81 km2 ) from the Kensington Race club and in 1921 the Commonwealth Government purchased 161 acres ( 65 hour angle ; 0.65 km2 ) for this purpose. The first regular flights began in 1924. The Cooks River was diverted aside from the area in 1947–52 to provide more kingdom for the airport. [ 4 ]
inheritance listings [edit ]
Mascot has a number of heritage-listed sites, including : 1024 Botany Road : botany Water Reserves [ 5 ] and General Holmes Drive : sewage Pumping Station 38 [ 6 ]
commercial area [edit ]
Mascot has a assortment of residential, commercial and industrial areas. The chief patronize center 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 inverse. Mascot Fire Station is located in Coward Street, beside the City of Botany Bay Council Chambers. Sydney Airport, Australia ‘s chief airport, is an influential presence and key employer. The promontory position of Qantas is the Qantas Centre at 203 Coward Street in Mascot. [ 7 ] There is besides a phone number of airport hotels in the suburb .
conveyance [edit ]
Mascot is serviced by a number of busbar 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 railroad track stations on the Airport & South Line. Mascot railroad track post is located in the residential and business sphere of the suburb. The International and Domestic railroad track stations are situated below the respective terminals of the airport. The Sydenham to Botany arm of the Metropolitan Goods railroad track wrinkle passes through the suburb and includes a cubic yard in Mascot. late improvements to Kingsford-Smith Airport have resulted in the universe of a bicycle path between Mascot ( Coward Street ) and the M5 East Freeway at Arncliffe. other bicycle 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 extraneous countries of give birth were China 10.6 %, Indonesia 6.6 %, Philippines 2.7 %, India 2.2 % and United Kingdom 2.0 %. Some 42.9 % of people entirely spoke English at home. early languages spoken at home included Mandarin 10.7 %, indonesian 6.7 %, yue 3.9 %, greek 3.9 % and spanish 2.8 %. The most coarse responses for religion were No Religion 27.6 % and Catholic 26.8 %. Of absorb private dwellings in Mascot, 60.7 % were flats or apartments ; 31.9 % were branch houses ; and 6.4 % were semi-detached, row- or patio houses, townhouses etc. [ 1 ] The australian Test cricketer and rugby league actor Ray Lindwall was born in Mascot .
Politics [edit ]
Mascot is in the safe Labor federal electoral division of Kingsford Smith. As of 2018, the buttocks was held by Matt Thistlethwaite, who was elected in 2013. Mascot is in the safe Labor state electorate of Heffron, which is held by Ron Hoenig.
Schools [edit ]
Mascot Public School is a elementary school in King Street [ 8 ] and J. J. Cahill Memorial High School is located in Sutherland Street. [ 9 ] St Therese School Mascot is located in Sutherland Street. [ 10 ]
Places of worship [edit ]
- Knox Presbyterian Church built in 1911 is located on Botany Road.
- Self-Realization Fellowship Sydney Centre is located on the corner of Kent Rd and Coward St.
- St Catherine’s Greek Orthodox Church is located in Coward Street.
Parks and refreshment [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 ‘ base games. The Lakes Golf Club has hosted many international golf tournaments .
gallery [edit ]
St Catherine ‘s greek Orthodox Church, Coward Street
Knox Presbyterian Church, Botany Road
entrance to Sydney Airport
Mascot Fire Station, Coward Street
council Chambers, Coward Street
Mascot Memorial Park, Botany Road
Mascot railway place
climate [edit ]
Mascot has a humid subtropical climate ( Cfa ) with strong summers and balmy winters .
| 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) |
35.6 (96.1) |
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 millimeter ) | 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 |
| Source 1: Bureau of Meteorology[11] (1991-2020 averages, records 1939-) | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: [12] | |||||||||||||
