Rossmore is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
It is bound to the east by Kemps Creek, the west by South Creek, the north by Fifteenth Avenue, and the south by Rileys Creek in the southwest and a non natural border from there. The main road through the centre of the suburb is Bringelly Road.
History
Rossmore was originally known as Cabramatta after the parish of Cabramatta. It was the subject of a novel called The Cabramatta Store by Mary Theresa Vidal, which is believed to be the first novel published by a woman in Australia. In 1856, the railway line was extended from Granville to Liverpool and a station was established at what is now the modern-day Cabramatta. There was a horse stud in the area called Rossmoor Stud which is believed to have been named after Rossmore Lodge a famous horse stud in Kildare, Ireland. To avoid confusion with the new station of Cabramatta, the old town of Cabramatta became known as Rossmore.
Rossmore Post Office opened on 22 March 1897.
Churches
The Holy Innocents Anglican Church is situated in Church Street, just off Bringelly Road. Its foundation stone was laid on 28 December 1848 or Holy Innocents Day. It is a parish church in the Gothic Revival style and may have been designed by John Verge and John Bibb. It features steep roofs covered with shingles, an open timber porch, a nave, chancel, belfry and vestry. It is now listed on the Register of the National Estate.
The suburb is also home to two Buddhist temples: the Lin Ying temple in Clementson Drive and the Vat Ketanak Khmer Kampuchea Krom in Wynyard Avenue.
People
According to the 2006 census taken by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Rossmore had a population of 2,414, the majority of whom lived in detached houses that were either owned outright .