Includes index. Contents include: Landform p2. Indigenous people [aborigines] p4. Frenchmans Road p6. Early land grants and industry p7. Simeon Pearce p10. Randwick p11. The Destitute Children's Asylum p18. St Jude's Historic Precinct p21. They're racing at Randwick [Racecourse]. Modern Randwick p32. Clovelly: little Coogee p36. Coogee: 'Australia's most beautiful seaside resort' p40. Golden Maroubra p54. Malabar (Long Bay) and Little Bay p64. Larpa of La Perouse p71. Chinese market gardens p82. Along Bunnerong Road p82. Yarra Bay p85. Matraville - Hillsdale p88. Kensington and Kingsford p90. Kensington's monastery and convent p98. From racecourse to university p100. Centennial Park p106. Bibliography p117. Chronology p118. Index p120.