Rozelle, New South Wales

Rozelle Sydney, New South Wales
Foreshore of Iron Cove at King George Park
Coordinates	33°51′54″S 151°10′02″E / 33.86488°S 151.16735°E / -33.86488; 151.16735Coordinates: 33°51′54″S 151°10′02″E / 33.86488°S 151.16735°E / -33.86488; 151.16735
Population	7,919 (2011 census)
• Density	4,170/km2 (10,790/sq mi)
Established	1892
Postcode(s)	2039
Area	1.9 km2 (0.7 sq mi)
Location	4 km (2 mi) west of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)	Inner West Council
State electorate(s)	Balmain
Federal Division(s)	Grayndler
Suburbs around Rozelle: Birchgrove Balmain Balmain East Rodd Point Rozelle Pyrmont Lilyfield Leichhardt Glebe

Rozelle is a suburb in the inner west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 4 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Inner West Council.

Rozelle sits between the suburbs of Balmain to the north-east and Lilyfield to the south-west. Iron Cove is on the north-west border whilst Rozelle Bay, White Bay and Johnstons Bay make up the south-east border. These three bays surround the container port of Glebe Island which has been attached to the shoreline as part of the extensive reclamation of Rozelle Bay and White Bay which had begun in the 1890s.

By 1877 the population of Balmain West had increased and the Balmain post office was inadequate for their needs as a growing suburb. Residents petitioned for a post office of their own and in 1880 Balmain West post office was established in Joseph Gosling's grocery shop at the junction of Weston Road (now Victoria Road) and Withecombe Street. Over the next 10 years the population of Balmain West grew further and in 1891 work started on a new post office on the corner of Weston Road and Darling Street. "History of Our Suburb". Leichhardt Council. 

In December 1892, prior to the opening of the new post office, the Postmaster-General declared Rozelle (named after the nearby Rozelle Bay to the south east) as the new name for the Balmain West post office. The new Rozelle post office opened in 1894 and by the early 1900s, both the suburb itself and local residents had adopted the name.