Malabar, New South Wales
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- For other uses, see Malabar (disambiguation).
Malabar is a suburb in south-eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 12km south east of the Sydney central business district and is part of the City of Randwick. The postcode is 2036.
Malabar is a coastal suburb situated around Long Bay. It is surrounded by the suburbs of Maroubra, Matraville, Chifley and Little Bay. Malabar is mostly residential with large plots of land devoted to the Randwick Golf Course, the Anzac Rifle Range and the Long Bay Correctional Centre.
[edit] History
Malabar was named after a ship called the MV Malabar, a Burns Philp Company passenger and cargo steamer that was shipwrecked at Long Bay on April 2, 1931. The ship itself was named after Malabar, Indonesia. Prior to the wreck, the suburb was known as either Brand or Long Bay. Following a petition by local residents, the new name was gazetted on September 29, 1933.
The area was originally part of the land reserved for the Church and Schools Corporation with income generated intended to support clergy and teachers. Later, the land reverted to the Crown and by the end of the 19th century there was a small fishing village here. Later, Long Bay became popular for picnics and as a weekend resort.
The State Reformatory for Women was opened in 1909 and the State Penitentiary for Men was opened beside it in 1914. The reformatory became part of the prison in the late 1950s, known as the Long Bay Penitentiary. The women’s prison was vacated after Mulawa Correctional Centre opened in 1969 at Silverwater.
The Anzac Rifle Range was originally called Long Bay Rifle Range. It was closed in 1968 when rifle shooting practice was moved to Holsworthy. When it reopened in 1970 it was named after Anzac soldiers of World War I.
[edit] References
- Malabar. ABC Shipwrecks. Retrieved on October 13, 2005.
[edit] External links
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
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