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{{Infobox Australian place 
| type      = suburb
| name      = Rozelle
| city      = Sydney
| state     = nsw
| alternative_location_map = Australia NSW metro Sydney
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in [[Sydney|greater metropolitan Sydney]]
| image     = King george park and foreshore.JPG  
| caption   = Foreshore of Iron Cove at King George Park
| local_map = yes
| zoom      = 12
| lga       = [[Inner West Council]]
| postcode  = 2039
| est       = 1892
| pop       = 8,553
| pop_year  = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| pop_footnotes = <ref name="census2021">{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL13450|name=Rozelle|access-date=5 December 2023|quick=on}}</ref>
| elevation = 45
| area      = 1.83
| stategov  = [[Electoral district of Balmain|Balmain]]
| fedgov    = [[Division of Sydney|Sydney]]
| near-nw   = [[Birchgrove, New South Wales|Birchgrove]]
| near-n    = [[Balmain, New South Wales|Balmain]]
| near-ne   = [[Balmain East, New South Wales|Balmain East]]
| near-w    = [[Drummoyne, New South Wales|Drummoyne]]
| near-e    = [[Pyrmont, New South Wales|Pyrmont]]
| near-sw   = [[Lilyfield, New South Wales|Lilyfield]]
| near-s    = [[Annandale, New South Wales|Annandale]]
| near-se   = [[Glebe, New South Wales|Glebe]]
| dist1     = 4
| dir1      = west
| location1 = [[Sydney central business district|Sydney CBD]]
| coordinates = {{coord|33|51|54|S|151|10|2|E|display=inline,title}}
}}
{{mapbox raw data|data= {{Inner West Council suburb map|suburb=yes}} |text=Rozelle within the Inner West Council area}} 

'''Rozelle''' is a suburb in the [[Inner West (Sydney)|inner west]] of Sydney, in the state of [[New South Wales]], Australia.  It is located 4 kilometres west of the [[Sydney central business district]], in the [[Local government in Australia|local government area]] of the [[Inner West Council]].

==Location==
Rozelle sits between the suburbs of [[Balmain, New South Wales|Balmain]] to the north-east and [[Lilyfield, New South Wales|Lilyfield]] to the south-west. [[Iron Cove, New South Wales|Iron Cove]] is on the north-west border whilst [[Rozelle Bay]], White Bay and Johnstons Bay make up the south-east border. These three bays surround the container port of [[Glebe Island]] which has been attached to the shoreline as part of the extensive reclamation of Rozelle Bay and White Bay which had begun in the 1890s.<ref name="Land and Property">Land and Property Information NSW, Central Mapping Authority Sheets U0945-32, U0945-33, note 33</ref>

==History==

[[File:Rozelle, New South Wales - Post Office 1901.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Rozelle Post Office, 1901 (National Archives of Australia)]]
By 1877, the population of Balmain West had increased and the Balmain post office was inadequate for their needs as a growing suburb. Residents petitioned for a post office of their own and in 1880 Balmain West post office was established in Joseph Gosling's grocery shop at the junction of Weston Road (now Victoria Road) and Withecombe Street. Over the next 10 years the population of Balmain West grew further and in 1891 work started on a new post office on the corner of Weston Road and Darling Street.<ref name=Rozelle>{{cite web | url=http://www.leichhardt.nsw.gov.au/Library/Local-History/Our-Suburbs/Rozelle.html | title=History of Our Suburb | work=Leichhardt Council | access-date=16 May 2016 }}</ref>

In December 1892, prior to the opening of the new post office, the Postmaster-General declared Rozelle (named after the nearby Rozelle Bay to the south east) as the new name for the Balmain West post office. The new Rozelle post office opened in 1894 and by the early 1900s, both the suburb itself and local residents had adopted the name.<ref name=Rozelle/>

The name Rozelle and Rozelle Bay (often shown as "Rozella Bay" on old maps), originated from the parrots found in abundance at Rose Hill (near Parramatta) the first suburb of Sydney, established as a prime farming area for the new colony. The parrots, also in abundance in the inner west Bay area of Sydney, were commonly called "[[Parramatta|Rose Hill]] parrots" or "Rose-hillers" then Rosella.<ref>Book of Sydney Suburbs, Frances Pollon (Angus and Robertson) 1990, p.231</ref>

== Heritage listings ==
Rozelle has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
* Callan Park: [[Sewage Pumping Station 27]]<ref name=nswshr-1341>{{cite NSW SHR|5051443|Sewage Pumping Station 27|hr=01341|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>
* Victoria Road: [[White Bay Power Station]]<ref name=nswshr-1015>{{cite NSW SHR|5001335|White Bay Power Station|hr=01015|fn=S90/00306|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>

==Landmarks==
*A dominant structure on the landscape, the coal-fired [[White Bay Power Station]] supplied electricity to Sydney for 70 years during the 20th century and was last used in 1983. The station now lies derelict at the junction of Roberts and Victoria Road at [[White Bay, New South Wales|White Bay]]. Next door stood the White Bay Hotel, which opened in 1916 but fell victim to lack of customers in 1992 and was destroyed by fire in 2008.
*On the western side of the peninsula, the moderne-style [[Iron Cove Bridge, New South Wales|Iron Cove Bridge]], which opened in 1955, crosses the Parramatta River linking Rozelle with the suburb of [[Drummoyne, New South Wales|Drummoyne]]. Alongside the bridge on the Rozelle side is the site of the [[Balmain Power Station]], which was demolished in 1996 to make way for residential apartments.
*On the eastern side stands the [[Anzac Bridge]], completed in 1996, it is the main arterial link between the inner west and Sydney city. Below the bridge lies its predecessor, the Glebe Island Bridge, which opened in 1901.
* [[Callan Park Hospital for the Insane|Callan Park]] was an insane asylum between 1878 and 1914. Many of the original sandstone buildings survive to this day and the extensive parklands are open to the public.
* St Paul's Presbyterian Church, Darling Street, was designed by E.J. Bowen and built in 1904. It is a brick building with stone trimmings and a slate roof. It is now listed on the [[Register of the National Estate]].<ref>The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company, 1981, p.2/40</ref>
* Rozelle Public School, corner Darling Street and Victoria Road, was designed by [[John Horbury Hunt]] and built of sandstone in 1877. An extra wing was designed by W.E. Kemp and built in 1881. The school is now listed on the [[Register of the National Estate]].<ref>The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company, 1981, p.2/41</ref>
* Rozelle Markets (open Saturday)

==Population==
At the {{CensusAU|2021}}, 8,553 people were living in Rozelle,<ref name="census2021"/> compared to 8,725 people at the 2016 census.<ref name="census2016">{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC13435|name=Rozelle|access-date=29 June 2017|quick=on}}</ref>

In 2021, 66.8% of people were born in Australia. The other most common countries of birth were England 8.3%, New Zealand 2.6% and Ireland 1.4%. 83.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 1.3%, Mandarin 1.2% and Italian 0.9%. The most common responses for religion were no religion 53.0% and Catholic 21.8%. 38.8% of dwellings were semi-detached terraced houses or townhouses, 34.9% were flats, units or apartments and 24.5% were separate houses.<ref name="census2021"/>

==Schools and colleges==
* [[Rozelle Public School]]
* [[Sydney College of the Arts]] (part of [[Sydney University]])
* Sydney Community College
* Australian International Conservatorium of Music
* Rozelle School of Visual Arts
* Sydney Secondary College Balmain Campus (part of [[Sydney Secondary College]])

==Churches==
* St Joseph's Catholic Church
* St Thomas's Anglican Church (built 1874 to the design of [[Edmund Blacket]])
* C3 Church

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Merton Estate Rozelle 1.JPG|Merton Estate Hotel
File:Tattersalls Hotel Rozelle 2.JPG|Tattersalls Hotel
File:Bald Rock Hotel 1.JPG|[[Bald Rock Hotel]]
File:White Bay Power Station, New South Wales..jpg|[[White Bay Power Station]]
File:Iron Cove Bridge 8.JPG|Iron Cove Bridge
File:Rozelle network.jpg|Unit wheat train in [[Rozelle Yard|Rozelle rail yards]] approaching the Grain Terminal in 1977
File:RozelleSchool.JPG|Rozelle Public School, Darling Street (designed by [[John Horbury Hunt]])
File:Garry Owen Hotel 1.JPG|Garry Owen Hotel
File:StThomasChurch.JPG|St Thomas's Anglican Church, Darling Street
File:Rozelle Bay NSW.JPG|Rozelle Bay with White Bay Power Station and the Glebe Island grain silos in the background
</gallery>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''The Heritage of Australia'', Macmillan Company, 1981, {{ISBN|0-333-33750-6}}
* Solling, M; Reynolds, P; ''Leichhardt: On the margins of the city'', Allen & Unwin, 1997, {{ISBN|1-86448-408-X}}.
* Lawrence, J; Warne, C; ''A Pictorial History of Balmain to Glebe'', Kingsclear Books, 1995, {{ISBN|0-908272-40-5}}.

==External links==
* {{cite web | url = http://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/rozelle | title = Rozelle | access-date = 29 September 2015 | author = John Williams | date = 2010 | work=[[Dictionary of Sydney]]}} <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Creative Commons license|CC-By-SA]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060829080438/http://photosau.com/Leichhardt/scripts/home.asp Local Images at InnerWest ImageBank]
* [http://www.lmc.nsw.gov.au/libraries/07 Local History Collection, Leichhardt Council]
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