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Roselands lies in the Cooks River Watershed . This river is tidal up to the neighbouring suburb of Belmore . A bike and walking trail takes walkers and cyclists all the way along the Cooks River to where it flows into Botany Bay . The area is the State seat occupied by current Premier of New South Wales, Morris Iemma . It is considered to be a safe Labor ( Australian Labor Party ) seat. King Georges Road is the main road through Roselands and is a ring road which connects the northern suburbs of Sydney, and the motorways of the North Coast of New South Wales with the Southern Beaches of Sydney and the motorways to New South Wales South Coast. This main road also connects near Roselands to the Freeway to Sydney's International Airport just 15 minutes drive to the East, and also West directly to the highway to Canberra and Melbourne. HISTORY The first inhabitants of surrounding areas were Australian Aboriginals who arrived about 40,000 years ago. At the time of British settlement in 1788 the inhabitants were Aborigines of the Darug language group (a way of defining tribe) and they called themselves, and were known as Kuri or Koori. Land grants by the new colonial government began in about 1810 . The soil is clay based on Wianamatta shale and is the Eastern edge of the great Cumberland Plain which extends westward to the Hawkesbury river and into the Blue mountains. The topography is low rolling hills. Before settlement, the vegetation was open eucalyptus woodland. The railway line was built to the neighbouring suburb of Belmore in 1895 and extended to Bankstown in 1909 . ROSELANDS SHOPPING CENTRE Roselands Shopping Centre was the first shopping mall built in Australia. It has since has had many upgrades although is only half the size of other Sydney shopping centres presently. DEMOGRAPHICS Roselands is predominantly the home of people from British and European heritage and is also noted for being the home of waves of new migrants. It has a large well established Greek Community with Greek Orthodox Club and nearby large Greek Orthodox Church. It has many other churches for Protestants and Catholics and is near one of the most impressive Temples of the Cao Dai faith. This temple is one faith composed of many different Christian and Eastern religions and philosophies. It is also near one of the most beautiful Mosques in Australia. Other residents include people from many parts of the world including Lebanon , South Pacific nations (eg Fiji , Tonga and New Zealand ), Sierra Leone , Ghana , Eastern European countries (especially following the fall of communism), South-East Asia , Pakistan , Bangladesh , India , and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands , (which is Australian Territory). EXTERNAL LINKS |
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