St Pauls Kensington Kensington, New South Wales, Australia
By
Geocaching Australia on 11-Jun-12. Waypoint TP6421
Cache Details
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| Type: | TrigPoint |
| Container: | Other |
| Coordinates: | S33° 54.846' E151° 13.223' (WGS 84) |
| 56H 335480E 6245942N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 49 m |
| Local Government Area: | Randwick City |
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Description
St Pauls Kensington TS10083R
Official name of this Trig Station as per NSW Department of Lands is: St Pauls Kensington.
Serial number is: TS10083R.
Last Inspected on: No Data.
Elevation is: 82 metres.
The top of the tower is the Passive Trig Point.
Logs
Beautiful day to log a trig 
Kensington is a suburb located four kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area (LGA) of the City of Randwick.
Kensington lies to the immediate south of Moore Park and west of Randwick Racecourse. The principal landmarks of the suburb are the main campus of the University of New South Wales, National Institute of Dramatic Art and the Australian Golf Club. Kensington is also a residential suburb close to the Sydney central business district.
Prior to European settlement, the area was inhabited by the Cadigal people, one of the salt-water clans of the Darug language group. The Cadigal people were known for their fishing skills and often travelled in canoes. The 1828 census showed some 50–60 clans of Cadigal people living by the Lachlan swamps of Kensington and surrounding areas. Swamps provided fruit, nectar, roots and tubers. Very few Aboriginals live in Kensington today.
The suburb now known as Kensington was once called the "Lachlan Mills Estate", "Stannumville" and then "Epsom". It became Kensington in the late 1880s, starting life as an industrial suburb. Samuel Terry, the convict who became Australia's first millionaire, received a land grant in 1819. Daniel Cooper (1785–1853), also an ex-convict acquired land here in 1825 with his partner Solomon Levey, whom he later bought out. Cooper's nephew Daniel (1821–1902) planned to subdivide but in 1865 all developments was forbidden. Residential land was issued in the late 1880s and Kensington was to be the equivalent of London's distinguished suburb, Kensington.
Kensington Racecourse opened in 1893 on the site of the current University of New South Wales. It did not compete with nearby Randwick Racecourse because it held midweek meetings, pony racing and related sports like polo. The course was also used to house troops and horses during the Boer War, World War I and World War II. Many of the first Anzacs trained at Kensington Racecourse in 1914 before leaving for Egypt and Gallipoli. It was a migrant hostel during the late 1940s. The land was resumed in 1950 to construct Sydney's second university.
Kensington is a suburb located four kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area (LGA) of the City of Randwick.
Kensington lies to the immediate south of Moore Park and west of Randwick Racecourse. The principal landmarks of the suburb are the main campus of the University of New South Wales, National Institute of Dramatic Art and the Australian Golf Club. Kensington is also a residential suburb close to the Sydney central business district.
Prior to European settlement, the area was inhabited by the Cadigal people, one of the salt-water clans of the Darug language group. The Cadigal people were known for their fishing skills and often travelled in canoes. The 1828 census showed some 50–60 clans of Cadigal people living by the Lachlan swamps of Kensington and surrounding areas. Swamps provided fruit, nectar, roots and tubers. Very few Aboriginals live in Kensington today.
The suburb now known as Kensington was once called the "Lachlan Mills Estate", "Stannumville" and then "Epsom". It became Kensington in the late 1880s, starting life as an industrial suburb. Samuel Terry, the convict who became Australia's first millionaire, received a land grant in 1819. Daniel Cooper (1785–1853), also an ex-convict acquired land here in 1825 with his partner Solomon Levey, whom he later bought out. Cooper's nephew Daniel (1821–1902) planned to subdivide but in 1865 all developments was forbidden. Residential land was issued in the late 1880s and Kensington was to be the equivalent of London's distinguished suburb, Kensington.
Kensington Racecourse opened in 1893 on the site of the current University of New South Wales. It did not compete with nearby Randwick Racecourse because it held midweek meetings, pony racing and related sports like polo. The course was also used to house troops and horses during the Boer War, World War I and World War II. Many of the first Anzacs trained at Kensington Racecourse in 1914 before leaving for Egypt and Gallipoli. It was a migrant hostel during the late 1940s. The land was resumed in 1950 to construct Sydney's second university.
Found with the geofamily on the way to and from the beach.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Great old church. I went for the whole shot, whereas geodad prefers the close up.
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Parked in a shady spot across the road and walked up the steps to get some photos of this beautiful building
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Drive by on the way to.the accommodation. Nice to be back. and to manage a cache soon after arrival. Hooe that this is an indication of a fruiitful via it to Sydney. For caching at least.
#GA532 - 14:00; I had dropped the geohoney to an appointment nearby and continued off on the day's mission to fill a couple of hours while I waited for her. St Pauls was nearby, so I made my way over for a snap. The gate was open, so I got a bit closer than previous finders 
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Another church, luckily they are all easy to find. A picture from this one was hard from closeby as trees were blocking the view!
TFTC Wilbert67
TFTC Wilbert67
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Near a job, an easy find once I found the right road. View is probably better a bit further back. I had to explain I was photoing the spire to the elderly lady coming down the road in the photo as she thought (good naturedly) I might have been taking her picture 
Another foray to Sydney to look for a few more Trig Points.
This was the first one for the day, got off the bus on Anzac Parade and a short walk later there it was.
The Church is well surrounded by trees but the bell tower and the cross are easily visible from the street so no need to go on the monastery grounds to ask for permission to enter.
This was the first one for the day, got off the bus on Anzac Parade and a short walk later there it was.
The Church is well surrounded by trees but the bell tower and the cross are easily visible from the street so no need to go on the monastery grounds to ask for permission to enter.
Rated: for Overall Experience
