Clovelly
is a seaside suburb of Sydney, in the
state of New South Wales, Australia. It
is part of the City of Randwick. The City
of Randwick is a Local Government Area
in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, in the
state of New South Wales, Australia. One
of Sydney's largest parks, Centennial
Park, lies within the city boundary of
Randwick. Other major landmarks in Randwick
include the world-famous Randwick Racecourse,
the University of New South Wales and
Coogee and Maroubra Beaches. There is
some industry in the south, centered around
the container terminals of Port Botany
in Botany Bay, which lie partially within
the city. Randwick has several golf clubs,
including the exclusive Australian Golf
Club and New South Wales Golf Club. Major
commercial centres within Randwick City
include the suburb of Randwick, home to
the municipal council; Kingsford, which
has a large Chinese and Indonesian community,
as well as a large student population;
Maroubra Junction; and Matraville.
The
Australian Army has a major presence in
Randwick, with the headquarters of the
2nd Division being located in Kingsford.
There is a large state prison at Long
Bay (Long Bay Correctional Centre). The
Prince of Wales Hospital, adjacent to
the University of New South Wales, is
one of Sydney's major hospitals. The Botany
Bay National Park lies partially within
the City of Randwick and is notable for
preserving some of the last remaining
stands of pre-European coastal heath vegetation
in the Sydney area. There is a historic
fort on Bare Island at the mouth of Botany
Bay, in the suburb of La Perouse. This
fort, and another Randwick attraction,
the racecourse, featured prominently in
the 2000 movie Mission: Impossible II.
La Perouse is also home to one of Sydney's
largest Aboriginal communities. Before
European contact, the Randwick area was
home to the Cadigal people of the Dharug
language group. They were by and large
fishers. European settlement led to the
deaths of many Cadigal by introduced diseases
or in conflict with settlers, and the
survivors left or were pushed to the fringes
of settlement.
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