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Annandale is an Inner West suburb of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 5 kms south-west of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the Municipality of Leichhardt and region. The postcode is 2038.

Annandale's northern end lies on Rozelle Bay, which is on Sydney Harbour. Glebe lies to its east, Leichhardt to its west and Stanmore to its south.

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Annandale's main street, Johnston Street, is notable for being the first 30m wide street in Sydney. The street was completed in 1888. Located on this street is the 56m tall Hunter Baillie Presbyterian Church. Constructed in 1888-89, this Gothic revival church was the tallest church in New South Wales for over 100 years until the 70m twin spires of Sydney's St Mary's Cathedral were completed in 2000. Hunter Baillie Presbyterian Church was designed by famous architect Edmund Blacket and his sons Cyril and Arthur Blacket.

History

Major [[George Johnston (New South Wales) |George Johnston]] (1764-1823) captained a ship of the First Fleet, which brought convicts to Australia from England. He was granted 100 acres of land in the area around Annandale and Stanmore, which became known as Johnston's Bush. He later renamed it Annandale after his birthplace [[Annan, Dumfries and Galloway|Annan in Scotland, United Kingdom. Johnston Street is also named after him. Johnston and his wife Ester Abrahams, one of the convicts on the ship, farmed it with their children. It was subdivided in the late part of the 19th Century. Since then it has undergone a number of social transformations. From Factory Floors, Migrant stop off, Ageing population and now young families and modern small and micro businesses. Source Annandale on the Web.

Pop Culture

One of the main streets of the suburb Booth Street, was a song by popular local band Youth Group on their debut album Urban and Eastern.

References

The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0207144958

External links

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-'''Annandale''' is a [[suburb]] of [[Sydney]], [[Australia]], located in the [[Inner West]]; [[Glebe, New South Wales|Glebe]] lies to its east, [[Leichhardt, New South Wales|Leichhardt]] to its west, [[Stanmore, New South Wales|Stanmore]] to its south and its northern end terminates at the back of ''Rozelle Bay'', part of [[Sydney Harbour]]. Annandale is part of the [[Municipality of Leichhardt]] [[Local Government Area]]. Its postcode is 2038.
+'''Annandale''' is an [[Inner West (Sydney)|Inner West]] [[suburb]] of [[Sydney]] in the state of [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]].  It is located 5 kms south-west of the [[Sydney central business district]] and is part of the [[local government area]] of the [[Municipality of Leichhardt]] and region. The postcode is 2038.
+Annandale's northern end lies on ''Rozelle Bay'', which is on [[Sydney Harbour]]. [[Glebe, New South Wales|Glebe]] lies to its east, [[Leichhardt, New South Wales|Leichhardt]] to its west and [[Stanmore, New South Wales|Stanmore]] to its south.
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 == History ==
+Major [[George Johnston (New South Wales)
+|George Johnston]] (1764-1823) captained a ship of the [[First Fleet]], which brought convicts to Australia from England. He was granted 100 acres of land in the area around Annandale and Stanmore, which became known as Johnston's Bush. He later renamed it Annandale after his birthplace  [[Annan, Dumfries and Galloway|[[Annan]] in [[Scotland]], [[United Kingdom]].
+Johnston Street is also named after him. Johnston and his wife Ester Abrahams, one of the convicts on the ship, farmed it with their children. It was subdivided in the late part of the 19th Century. Since then it has undergone a number of social transformations. From Factory Floors, Migrant stop off, Ageing population and now young families and modern small and micro businesses. Source [http://www.ramin.com.au/annandale  Annandale on the Web].
+==Pop Culture==
+One of the main streets of the suburb Booth Street, was a song by popular local band Youth Group on their debut album Urban and Eastern.
+==References==
-Johnston Street is named after the Johnston, who captained a ship which brought a shipload of convicts to Australia from England. The land which is now called Annandale was given to him to farm. He and Ester Abrahams one of the convicts on the ship farmed it, with their children, until it was subdivided in the late part of the 19th Century. Since then it has undergone a number of social transformations. From Factory Floors, Migrant stop off, Aging population and now young families and modern small and micro businesses. Source [http://www.ramin.com.au/annandale  Annandale on the Web].
+*''The Book of Sydney Suburbs'', Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0207144958
-One of the main streets of the suburb Booth Street was a song by popular local band Youth Group on their debut album Urban and Eastern.
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