Rofe Parkedit

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The view from Rofe Park across Hornsby Heights and Mount Colah.

Rofe Park is a bushland reserve in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It has a heritage listing of local significance[1][2].

This district park is located on Galston Road in Hornsby Heights. It is on Crown land and is maintained by Hornsby Shire Council.

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[edit] History

Rofe Park was named after Councillor Thomas Ernest Rofe (born 15 June, 1869[3]). Rofe was a Sydney-based philanthropist and President of Hornsby Shire Council[4] who donated land for Hornsby Hospital that was to be situated on the land that is now Rofe Park.[5]

Archaeologist Margrit Koettig reported in 1996 that Rofe Park contains no known Aboriginal relics[6].

[edit] Facilities

The main oval is laid out with a number of baseball diamonds. Baseball is played during summer and Aussie Rules football during winter. For training purposes, the playing area can be lit using a number of light poles, fitted with QI lamps. Surrounding the main oval is a 717 metre long concrete path that is used for walking and cycling. There are also playgrounds, a synpave tennis court, and an off-leash dog area.

A temporary helicopter landing pad set up on Rofe Park during the bushfire in the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park in January 2007. Helicopters and refueling tanks are visible in this photograph by John Dalton.


[edit] References

  1. ↑ Hornsby Shire Local Environmental Plan 1994, Page 136 (PDF)
  2. ↑ NSW Heritage Database
  3. ↑ Item 20, Ku-ring-gai Council meeting, August 2007 (PDF)
  4. ↑ Rofe, Thomas Ernest (1869 - 1945), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Online Edition
  5. ↑ Community Land and Crown Reserves Generic Plan of Management (PDF)
  6. ↑ Margrit Koettig, Archaeological Services (1996) Hornsby Shire Aboriginal Heritage Study.

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