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4 unusual facts about Randwick


Lauri Kennedy

Irvine Robert Laurie Kennedy (he used Laurie, later dropping the final 'e') was born in Randwick, a suburb of Sydney, to an English-born father and native-born mother.

Open High School Sydney

Open High School is located at 78 Avoca St in the suburb of Randwick in Sydney's east.

Reg Ledwidge

As a player, Ledwidge represented Randwick club in Sydney Grade Cricket, scoring over 8000 runs and taking over 500 wickets between 1946 and 1961.

Royal Australian Air Force Experimental Section

The section was formed in January 1924 at Randwick, Sydney and produced a number of aircraft designs before closing in 1930.


City of Randwick

The Australian Army has a major presence in Randwick, with the headquarters of the 2nd Division being located in Randwick Barracks, Avoca Street, Randwick.

Other major landmarks in Randwick include the world-famous Randwick Racecourse, the University of New South Wales and Coogee and Maroubra beaches.

Gordon Parker

He is the Founder of the Black Dog Institute, an organization based at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Randwick, New South Wales, that focuses on the treatment of mood disorders, in particular clinical depression and bipolar disorder.

Les Hill

Hill was born in the Royal Hospital for Women in Randwick, New South Wales on the 1st of September, 1973 and he has a younger sister named Rebecca.

Marcellin

Marcellin College Randwick, a systemic Roman Catholic, secondary, day school for boys, located in Randwick, a south-eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Timoci Volavola

He has also played club rugby in Sydney, Australia with the Randwick club.

Tony Manning

With his brother Peter, later a successful junior middle/long distance running coach in Coolah, he dead-heated in the 10,000 state cross-country championship and a fortnight later beat Bob Vagg over ten miles at Randwick racecourse, running on bare feet, an unofficial Australian record at the time.


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