Matraville, New South Wales#Schools

Matraville is named in honour of James Matra (1746–1806), an American sailor and diplomat, who was a midshipman on the voyage by Captain James Cook to Botany Bay in 1770.{{cite web |url=http://www.australiaforeveryone.com.au/sydney/nsw_sydney_ss4.htm |title=Sydney Travellers' Guide: How Sydney's Suburbs Got Their Names |publisher=Australiaforeveryone.com.au |access-date=24 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191850/http://www.australiaforeveryone.com.au/sydney/nsw_sydney_ss4.htm |archive-date=29 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }} Matra was born in New York, but later settled in England. Matra had walked over the area with Cook and his close friend, botanist Joseph Banks. Matra had proposed to the British government that it establish a colony at Botany Bay in 1783, and settle dispossessed American Loyalists who had to leave the United States after the American War of Independence. Matra offered to be its 'Conductor and Governor'. The Pitt administration concurred with Matra's proposal but declined to offer him the government of the intended colony. Instead he was given the post of Consul at Tangier, where he remained until his death in 1806.{{Cite book | author1=Frost, Alan | author2=Matra, James Mario| title=The precarious life of James Mario Matra : voyager with Cook, American loyalist, servant of Empire | date=1995 | publisher=Miegunyah Press | isbn=978-0-522-84667-6 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/31883806}}

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Landmarks include Heffron Park, a large reserve bordering Maroubra, formerly the site of a naval stores base in World War II.

Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park sits along the southern border of the suburb and incorporates Botany Cemetery, Eastern Suburbs Crematorium and Pioneer Park.{{cite web |url=http://www.esmp.net.au/ |title=Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park}} Arthur Stace, known in Sydney as Mr Eternity, is buried at Botany Cemetery. He was famous for his practice of writing the word Eternity all over Sydney during the fifties and sixties.

Matraville is home to St Agnes Catholic Church and Matraville Baptist Church.{{cite web|url=http://www.sydney.catholic.org.au/parishes/parish_mass_times_details.asp?ID=91 |title=Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney – Home |publisher=Sydney.catholic.org.au |access-date=24 October 2013}} Matraville also has a large Jehovah's Witness congregation with a Kingdom Hall.{{cite web|url=http://www.whitepages.com.au/business-listing/matraville-kingdom-hall-1205689/matraville-nsw |title=Matraville Kingdom Hall in Matraville, NSW – White Pages® |publisher=Whitepages.com.au |access-date=24 October 2013}}

There are three primary schools, one public and one Catholic and Matraville Sports High School and Matraville Public School.{{cite web|url=http://www.stagnesmatraville.com.au/ |title=StAgnes, Saint Agnes, Catholic, Parish, Primary, school, Matraville, Bunnerong Road | St Agnes' Primary School |publisher=Stagnesmatraville.com.au |access-date=24 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517222254/http://stagnesmatraville.com.au/ |archive-date=17 May 2013 }} A child care centre and preschool is also in the suburb. Matraville Soldiers Settlement School previously had a separate Infants and Primary School which are now combined into one larger school following the acquisition of park land at Finucane Crescent.

Matraville is located {{Convert|9|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} from Sydney CBD and {{Convert|3|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} along Bunnerong Road from Kingsford town centre. Sydney Bus routes operate to City – Central Railway station, Martin Place and Circular Quay via Bunnerong Road, Anzac Parade (UNSW), and Oxford Street.File:Bunnerong Road Matraville.JPG

According to the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the population of Matraville was 9,925: 48.2% male and 51.8% female. The median age of the Matraville population was 42 years of age, 2 years above the Australian median. In Matraville, 51.1% of households were made up of couples with children, compared with 37.9% in Randwick City. In Matraville, of all households, 73.8% were family households and 22.8% were single person households. 81.3% of households had at least one person access the internet from the dwelling.{{cite web | url=https://abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL12534 | title=2021 Matraville, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics }}

In Matraville, 60% of people were born in Australia. The most common other countries of birth were England 3.5%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.5%, New Zealand 2.0%, Indonesia 1.8% and Ireland 1.6%. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.3% of Matraville's population.

• Michael Atherton, emeritus professor and composer-performer attended Matraville High School 1965–1966
• Bob Carr, Foreign minister of Australia and former Premier of New South Wales. The first dux of Matraville High School in 1964
• Sandor Earl, Rugby league player went to Matraville High{{cite news |last=Pandaram |first=Jamie |title=Canberra Raiders winger signs big-money deal with French rugby club Pau |date=31 May 2013 |newspaper=Herald Sun |location=Melbourne |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/canberra-raiders-winger-signs-big-money-deal-with-french-rugby-club-pau/story-fni3gmmv-1226654131675}}
• Mark Ella, Glen Ella and Gary Ella Former Australian international rugby-playing brothers
• Mahroot, Indigenous Australian identity of the local Kamaygal people from the early colonial period
• James Tamou, Rugby league player, currently playing for the Wests Tigers in the NRL
• David Warner, Australian international cricketer{{cite news |last=Warner|first=David |title= David Warner reflects on a tough childhood and how it moulded him into the champion he is |date=3 January 2014 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=Sydney |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/david-warner-reflects-on-a-tough-childhood-and-how-it-moulded-him-into-the-champion-he-is/news-story/46a865ff63a51338f2f34e4f37252604}}
• Mike Whitney AM, former Australian Test cricketer and host of Channel 7's Sydney Weekender{{cite news |last=Hutton|first=Dan |title= Mike Whitney – The Boy From The SouthEast |date=3 November 2012 |newspaper=The Beast |location=Sydney |url=http://thebeast.com.au/people/mike-whitney-the-boy-from-the-south-east/#}}

Image:St Agnes Church Matraville 001a.jpg|St Agnes's Catholic Church, Bunnerong Road

Image:Matraville2.JPG|Foundation stone laid by Prime Minister Hughes at soldiers' settlement

Image:Matraville6.JPG|Cottage in Somme Way, the only surviving cottage from the soldiers' settlement

Image:SydneySights0005.jpg|Grave of Arthur Stace, Botany Cemetery

Image:Matraville Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park 1.JPG|Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park

• [https://www.randwick.nsw.gov.au/community/community-consultation/precincts/matraville-precinct Randwick City Council Matraville Precinct Committee]
• [https://botanyindustrialpark.com.au/community-meetings/ Botany Industrial Park Community Consultative Committee]
• Port Botany Community Group

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• {{cite web | url = http://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/matraville | title = Matraville | access-date = 28 September 2015 | author = Paul Ashton | date = 2008 | work=Dictionary of Sydney}} [CC-By-SA]
• [http://www.maplandia.com/australia/new-south-wales/randwick/matraville Satellite Images of Matraville]

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