Kensington

Kensington is a suburb in the , , Australia. It is located four kilometres south-east of the , in the local government area of the City of Randwick.
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  • Type: Suburb with 15,000 residents
  • Description: suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • Also known as: Kensington, New South Wales” and “Kensington, New South Wales, Australia

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Institute of Dramatic Art and The Australian Golf Club.

University
The is an Australian educational institution for the performing arts based in , New South Wales. Founded in 1958, it offers bachelor's, master's and vocational degrees in subjects including acting, writing, directing, scenic construction, technical theatre, voice, costume, props, production design and cultural leadership.

Golf course
is a golf club located in , a suburb of , . Although it survived numerous course location changes, it is arguably the oldest golf club in Australia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Strawberry Hills and South Eveleigh.

Neighborhood
Photo: J Bar, CC BY 2.5.
is an official Urban Place in , , Australia. is located east of , within the suburbs of and which are part of the local government area of the . is situated 2½ km north of Kensington.

Neighborhood
is a retail business centre and technology park 3 kilometres south of the and 8 kilometres north of . is situated 3 km northwest of Kensington.

The is the eastern metropolitan region of , New South Wales, Australia. In the more expansive sense, the refers to the whole area situated to the east and south-east of the Sydney central business district, around the southern shore of Sydney Harbour to the Pacific Ocean beaches and continuing on to the port at Botany Bay.

Kensington

Latitude
-33.91172° or 33° 54′ 42″ south
Longitude
151.21951° or 151° 13′ 10″ east
Population
15,000
Elevation
29 metres (95 feet)
United Nations Location Code
AU IGL
Open location code
4RRH36Q9+8R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 14759829
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2161608
Wiki­data ID
Q2916106
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“Kensington” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Kensington (bahin nga lungsod sa Awstralya, State of New South Wales)
  • Cebuano: Kensington
  • Chinese: 肯辛頓
  • Danish: Kensington
  • Dutch: Kensington
  • German: Kensington
  • Greek: Κένσινγκτον
  • Hebrew: קנזינגטון
  • Indonesian: Kensington, New South Wales
  • Irish: Kensington
  • Japanese: ケンジントン (ニューサウスウェールズ州)
  • Malay: Kensington, New South Wales
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kensington
  • Persian: کنزینگتن، نیو ساوت ولز
  • Polish: Kensington
  • Romanian: Kensington, New South Wales
  • Romanian: Kensington
  • Russian: Кенсингтон
  • Slovenian: Kensington
  • Spanish: Kensington (Nueva Gales del Sur)
  • Spanish: Kensington
  • Swedish: Kensington (del av en befolkad plats i Australien, New South Wales)
  • Swedish: Kensington, New South Wales
  • Turkish: Kensington
  • Ukrainian: Кенсінгтон
  • Urdu: کینسنگٹن، نیو ساؤتھ ویلز
  • Kensington

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kensington”. Photo: J Bar, CC BY-SA 3.0.