Melrose Park, New South Wales

Melrose Park was the name of the large housing estate established in 1937. Melrose Park is named in honour of aviator Charles James Melrose (1913-1936). He held a number of flying records, was the only solo flyer to finish the Melbourne Centenary Air Race in 1934 and helped in the unsuccessful search for Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. He died when his plane broke up in turbulence on a charter flight from Darwin to Melbourne. Streets in the suburb also recall other aviators such as Sir Alan Cobham, Jean Batten and Amy Johnson.^[2]

Transport

Melrose Park is served by bus route 524, connecting the suburb to West Ryde and Parramatta. The nearest train station is Meadowbank Station, located in the centre of Meadowbank.

Redevelopment

Payce Consolidated Limited has revealed plans for a major urban renewal of the Melrose Park area. This includes the development of new affordable housing, public parks & community facilities, as well as public transport benefits, with a new electric shuttle bus service to Meadowbank railway station and West Ryde railway station. Sustainability is an important part of the redevelopment, with proposals for renewable energy generation for new homes, electric charge points for cars, as well as electric shuttle bus services & improved cycleways.^[3] The redevelopment is currently expected to cost $5 billion.^[4]

References

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Melrose Park (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
↑ The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollon, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8, page 169
↑ "Plans reveal exciting vision for Melrose Park in Sydney’s West". Payce. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
↑ "NSW industrial market in high demand". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2016-02-27.

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Angela Phippen - Ryde Library (2008). "Melrose Park". Dictionary of Sydney. Retrieved 28 September 2015. [CC-By-SA]

Suburbs of the City of Ryde, Northern Suburbs, Sydney

Denistone Denistone East Denistone West East Ryde Eastwood Epping Gladesville Macquarie Park Marsfield Meadowbank Melrose Park North Ryde Putney Ryde Tennyson Point West Ryde

List of Sydney suburbs

Geography of Parramatta River

Sources	Toongabbie Creek Darling Mills Creek

Tributaries: left	Vineyard Creek Subiaco Creek Archer Creek Smalls Creek Charity Creek Lane Cove River

Tributaries: right	Duck River Haslams Creek Powells Creek Iron Cove Creek Hawthorne Canal

Islands	Rodd Island Snapper Island Spectacle Island Cockatoo Island

Parramatta River ferry services	Parramatta Rydalmere Sydney Olympic Park Rhodes Meadowbank Kissing Point Cabarita Abbotsford Chiswick Huntleys Point

River crossings	Lennox Bridge Barry Wilde Bridge Elizabeth Street Footbridge Macarthur Bridge Clyde–Carlingford railway bridge Thackeray Bridge Silverwater Bridge James Ruse Drive bridge John Whitton Bridge Parramatta River Underbridge Ryde Bridge Mortlake Ferry Gladesville Bridge

River inlets and bays	Homebush Bay Kissing Point Bay Morrisons Bay Kendall Bay Glades Bay France Bay Exile Bay Canada Bay Kings Bay Hen and Chicken Bay Looking Glass Bay Abbotsford Bay Wallumatta Bay Five Dock Bay Lukes Bay Drummoyne Bay Iron Cove

Suburbs: north	North Parramatta Rydalmere Ermington Melrose Park Meadowbank Putney Tennyson Point Gladesville Henley Huntleys Point Huntleys Cove Hunters Hill Woolwich Greenwich

Suburbs: south	Parramatta Camellia Silverwater Newington Wentworth Point Sydney Olympic Park Liberty Grove Rhodes Concord Mortlake Breakfast Point Cabarita Canada Bay Five Dock Wareemba Abbotsford Chiswick Drummoyne Russell Lea Rodd Point Haberfield Lilyfield Rozelle Birchgrove

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