Roseville, New South Wales

Roseville Sydney, New South Wales
Federation house characteristic of the Roseville area
Population	9,170 (2011 census)
• Density	2,700/km2 (6,990/sq mi)
Established	1814
Postcode(s)	2069
Area	3.4 km2 (1.3 sq mi)
Location	12 km (7 mi) north-west of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)	Ku-ring-gai Council City of Willoughby
State electorate(s)	Davidson, Willoughby
Federal Division(s)	Bradfield, Warringah
Suburbs around Roseville: Lindfield East Lindfield Roseville Chase Macquarie Park Roseville Castle Cove Chatswood West Chatswood North Willoughby

Roseville is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north-west of the Sydney central business district. It is within the local government areas of Ku-ring-gai and Willoughby. Roseville Chase is a separate suburb to the east.

William Henry was one of Ku-ring-gai's first European settlers, who used the area for farming. There were a few fruit orchards and market gardens in the area. Other significant settlers were David Mathew, who owned a property called Clanville, and Richard Archbold, who was granted an area of 600 acres (2.4 km²) adjacent to Clanville. Archbold later acquired Clanville and set up an orchard on the property. Archbold's son-in-law had a stone cottage called Rose Villa, which was later demolished to make way for the North Shore railway line. Roseville eventually derived its name from Rose Villa.

Roseville Post Office opened on 8 July 1901. Roseville East Post Office opened on 1 December 1937.

Babbage Road was named for Eden Herschel Babbage (a grandson of Charles Babbage), a retired banker who lived in "Rawhiti" on Clanville Road. Dubbed the "Father of Roseville", he was largely responsible for developing Roseville Park, Davidson Park and Roseville Chase. His brother-in-law, Francis Robert Burton, donated the large pavilion in Roseville Park, following the death in 1913 of brother William Burton, of "Woodlands" on Bancroft Avenue.

The Australian photographer Harold Cazneaux (1878 to 1953) lived for much of his life in a Federation home called "Ambleside", located in Dudley Avenue.