5/5 ehsaan s. 6 months ago on Google
Wonderful
place
for
day
trip,family
picnic
But
the
beach
area
is
very
small
and
little
bit
dirty
otherwise
fantastic
place
Shot
beach
:Brighton
Le
Sands (formerly
Brighton-le-Sands
and
also
known
simply
as Brighton or Brighton
Beach),
is
a suburb in southern
Sydney,
in
the
state
of New
South
Wales, Australia.
Brighton
Le
Sands
is
located
13
kilometres
south
of
the Sydney
central
business
district,
on
the
western
shore
of Botany
Bay.
Brighton
Le
Sands
is
in
the local
government
area of
the Bayside
Council and
is
part
of
the St
George area.
Some
history
:
The
area
between
the Cooks
River and Georges
River was
originally
known
as
Seven
Mile
Beach.
It
was
changed
to Lady
Robinsons
Beach in
1874
to
honour
Governor Sir
Hercules
Robinson's
wife.
Cook
Park,
established
in
about
1882,
is
a
strip
of
reserve
land
30
metres
inland
from
the
high
water
mark
of
the
sea.[citation
needed] The
park
is
named
after
Samuel
Cook
who
advocated
it
as
a
public
pleasure
area.
The
name
Seven
Mile
Beach
was
last
used
in
the Sydney
Morning
Herald on
28
February
1879,
whilst
the
first
use
of
the
name
Lady
Robinson's
Beach
by
the
same
newspaper
was
on
1
June
1877.[citation
needed]
New
Brighton
was
the
name
given
to
his
new
housing
estate
by
tramway
pioneer
Thomas
Saywell,
who
had
plans
to
emulate
the
famous
seaside
resort Brighton in England.[2] Land
acquisitions
began
in
the
1840s
but
no
significant
development
of
Brighton
Le
Sands
occurred
until
the
railway
opened
to
Hurstville,
via
Rockdale
in
1884.
In
1885
Thomas
Saywell
constructed
a tramway from
Rockdale
to
Lady
Robinsons
Beach,
along
Bay
Street.
He
was
given
a
30-year
lease
on
the
line.
Thomas
Saywell
also
financed
and
built
the
public
swimming
baths,
a
substantial
picnic
area
called
the
Shady
Nook
Recreational
Park
(1898-1918),
a
race
course
and
the
Brighton
Hotel,
on
the
current
Novotel
site.
The
developments
were
a
huge
success.
To
avoid
confusion
with
the
English
Brighton,
the
district
became
known
as
Brighton-le-Sands.
From
1900,
the
tramway
was
electrified.
The
tramway
passed
into
government
ownership
in
1914.
The
line
was
closed
in
September
1949,
as
the
Sydney
tramway
system
was
slowly
wound
down.[citation
needed] A
bus
route
replaced
the
tram
route.
Brighton
Baths
attracted
a
large
number
of
Sydney's
weekend
holidaymakers.
The
racecourse
operated
from
about
1897
to
1911.
The
baths
were
also
popular
with
punters
who
could
cool
off
after
a
stressful
day
at
the
races..
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