Mortlake, New South Wales
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Mortlake is a suburb in the Inner West[2] of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 10 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Canada Bay.
Transport
Mortlake sits on the southern bank of the Parramatta River and is home to the southern bank of the Mortlake Ferry or commonly known as the Putney Punt, the last surviving punt service in Sydney.
Mortlake is also the terminus for bus route 464 (to Ashfield railway station).
History
Mortlake was originally known as Bottle Point.
The suburb's name is derived from its namesake
Mortlake was notable as the site of the
During WWII, the Green Point Naval Boatyard at Mortlake assembled Fairmile B motor launches.[3]
Until 1948, an electric tramway connected Mortlake south to the suburbs of Burwood, Enfield and Ashfield.[4]
Population
In the 2016 Census, there were 1,063 people in Mortlake. 59.5% of people were born in Australia and 56.7% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 32.7% and No Religion 24.2%.[1]
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Wangal Reserve -
Hilly Street townhouses
References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mortlake (NSW) (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ^ Australian Suburb Guide: Sydney Inner West Archived 26 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
- ^ "Commissioner". arhv.anmm.gov.au. Australian National Maritime Museum. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ D. Keenan: Tramways of Sydney. Transit Press 1979
- The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8
External links
- Gregory Blaxell (2008). "Mortlake". Dictionary of Sydney. Retrieved 28 September 2015. [CC-By-SA]