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Bexley, New South Wales
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Bexley is a suburb in the City of Rockdale in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 14km south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the St George area. The postcode is 2207. Bexley's main shopping precinct is located on Forest Road, near the intersections of Bexley, Harrow and Stoney Creek Roads. Commercial developments also extend some distance down Stoney Creek Road towards Kingsgrove, on Queen Victoria Street towards Kogarah and are also scattered along Forest Road, south towards Hurstville and north towards Arncliffe. James Chandler named the suburb after his birthplace, Bexley in Kent, England. Chandler bought Sylvester’s Farm in 1822, from Thomas Sylvester who had been granted the land about ten years earlier. That year he was also granted 1,200 acres of land which stretched from what is now Bexley North to most of Rockdale and Kogarah. The estate was heavily timbered and a track through the centre, used by timber-getters, is today called Forest Road. Queen Victoria Street, Gladstone Street and Beaconsfield Street commemorate the British Queen and two of her prime ministers. Chandler was a well respected citizen and became known locally as the Squire of Bexley, but his property attracted bushrangers, escaped convicts and other odd types. Chandler was not happy with his ill-assortment of neighbours and sold the land to Charles Thompson in 1836. Later it was bought by Charles Tindell, who began subdividing the land by 1856 for home sites. Lydham Hall, the oldest surviving residence in the area, stands on part of the original land grant of 1822. Joseph Davis settled in this historic residence in the late nineteenth century. Herbert and Frederick Streets are named after his two sons. Henry Kinsela lived on Kinsel Grove. George Preddy occupied Besborough, part of which became Bexley Park.