Randwick: racecourse, hospital, university – yes - but also the product of the vision of one man determined to reinvent his English birthplace (Randwick in Gloucestershire, England) with himself now at the top of its social order. Simeon Henry Pearce (1821-1886), six time Mayor of Randwick, succeeded in enticing the more affluent members of society to his leafy suburb and, what was previously home to modest market garden plots, became the site of bustling boulevards and some of the grandest houses of the Victorian era.
Join Graham Spindler to explore Randwick’s unique story through its streets, churches, fine houses and public buildings.