Sans Souci, New South Wales

Sans Souci is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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Suburb - Sydney - New South Wales - Australia

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Sans Souci - In 1853 Thomas Mort http://www.portrait.gov.au/content/gallery/portmnth/mar02/mort.swf gave the name to an already existing house 'Rocky Point House" that he had just bought (which later became the Sans Souci Hotel). The name was given in honour of the birthplace of his German wife, the famous summer palace of Sans Souci near Berlin. (Source: The Sans Souci Peninsula by R W Rathbone). Now the name of a suburb of Sydney in Rockdale Local Government Area, by Botany Bay. see http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au.

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