North Sydney, New South Wales

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North Sydney
Sydney, New South Wales

North Sydney from the air
Population: 61,802 (LGA)
Postcode: 2060
Property Value: AUD $932,500 (2007)
Location: 3 km (2 mi) north of Sydney CBD
LGA: North Sydney Council
State District: North Shore
Federal Division: North Sydney
Suburbs around North Sydney:
Crows Nest Cammeray Cammeray
Waverton North Sydney Neutral Bay
McMahons Point Lavender Bay Milsons Point
Looking south towards the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Looking south towards the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

North Sydney is a suburb and commercial district on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. North Sydney is located 3 kilometres northern of the Sydney central business district[1] and is the administrative centre for the local government area of North Sydney Council.

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[edit] History

The Aborigines on the southern side of Sydney Harbour called the north side warung which meant the other side. However, the Aborigines on the northern side also used the same name to describe the southern side.

The first name used by European settlers was Hunterhill, named after a property owned by Thomas Muir (1765-1799), a Scottish political reformer. He purchased land in 1794 near where the north-east pylon of the Sydney Harbour Bridge is now located and built a house which he named after his childhood home. The area then became known as St Leonards and this name applied to the whole area north to Gore Hill. The township of St Leonards was laid out in 1836 in what is now North Sydney, bounded by what is now Miller, Walker, Lavender and Berry Streets. By 1846 there were 106 houses here and by 1859, the commercial centre had extended from Milsons Point to Miller Street. A bus service operated by Jeremiah Wall ran between Milsons Point and North Sydney Shops, so North Sydney slowly developed its own identity.

The North Sydney municipality was incorporated in 1890 and after many disputes settled on the name 'North Sydney'. The post office which opened in 1854 as St Leonards was changed to North Sydney in 1890. The first public school which opened in 1874 as St Leonards was renamed North Sydney in 1910. [2]

[edit] National Estate

The following buildings are on the Register of the National Estate: [3]

  • Christchurch, Walker and Lavendar Streets
  • Church of England Rectory, Lavendar Street
  • St Francis Xavier's War Memorial Church, Mackenzie Street
  • St Francis Xavier's Presbytery, Mackenzie Street
  • St Francis Xavier's Church School Hall, Mackenzie Street
  • Chinese Christian Church, Alfred Street
  • Former North Sydney Technical School (now Greenwood Hotel), Blue Street
  • St Peter's Presbyterian Church and Manse, Blues Point Road
  • Graythwaite, Union Street
  • St Thomas's Church of England, West and Church Streets
  • St Thomas's Kindergarten Hall, Church and McLaren Streets
  • St Thomas's Church Rectory, McLaren Street
  • Don Bank, Napier Street
  • North Sydney Post Office, Pacific Highway and Mount Street
  • Houses: 11-37 Walker Street and 20-30 Walker Street
  • Mercedes, 9 Walker Street

North Sydney Post Office, Pacific Highway

Rag and Famish Hotel

Mary Mackillop museum, Mount Street

Former Technical College (now Greenwood Hotel), Blue Street

Rocklea Grange, Edward Street

Mercedes, Gothic Revival home, Walker Street

Federation home, Union Street

Graithwaite, Union Street

[edit] Commercial Area

North Sydney's high-rise commercial district
North Sydney's high-rise commercial district

The commercial district of North Sydney includes the second largest concentration of office buildings in New South Wales, with a large representation from the advertising and information technology industries. Advertising, marketing businesses and associated trades such as printing have traditionally dominated the business life of the area though these have been supplanted to a certain extent by information technology businesses. Corporations whose offices are in North Sydney include Cisco Systems, Novell, Sun Microsystems, AGL, AAMI and until October 2007, Optus.

Unlike other major suburban hubs within the Sydney metropolitan area, North Sydney has limited shopping facilities and almost no Sunday trading. There are no department stores and only two medium sized supermarkets (Aldi & IGA). The main shopping complex is the Greenwood Plaza, which is connected to North Sydney station.[4] Berry Square is another shopping centre in Berry Street, formerly known as North Sydney Shopping World.[5]

[edit] Transport

North Sydney is directly linked to the Sydney CBD by road and rail across the Sydney Harbour Bridge. North Sydney railway station is on the North Shore Line of the City Rail network. The Warringah Freeway links North Sydney south to the Sydney CBD and north to Chatswood, New South Wales.

[edit] Schools

Primary schools include North Sydney Demonstration School and St Marys catholic School. High schools include the public North Sydney Boys High School and North Sydney Girls High School, the Catholic Marist College North Shore and Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College and independent schools Wenona School and Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore).

St Aloysius' College of Milson's Point and Loreto Kirribilli are also within the confines of the North Sydney Local Government Area. Post-secondary education providers include the Australian Catholic University, Raffles College of Design and Commerce and Billy Blue College.

[edit] Churches

Prominent places of worship in the suburb include St Mary's Catholic Church and St Thomas Anglican Church.

Mary Mackillop Memorial Chapel, Mount Street

St Francis Xavier Church, Mackenzie Street

St Francis Xavier Parish Centre, Mackenzie Street

St Peters Church, Mount Street

[edit] Landmarks

A WWI German Field Gun near North Sydney Oval. The State War Trophy Committee allocated the gun to Council in 1921. It was unveiled by Major-General Sir Granville Ryrie[1].
A WWI German Field Gun near North Sydney Oval. The State War Trophy Committee allocated the gun to Council in 1921. It was unveiled by Major-General Sir Granville Ryrie[1].
  • Museum at Mary MacKillop Place, which tells the story of Australia's leading candidate for canonization as a Catholic saint
  • Don Bank Museum, devoted to the history of the local area
  • Greenwood Plaza shopping complex, built under the historic Greenwood Hotel (formerly a public school, founded 1878 and renamed after its Principal)
  • North Sydney Railway Station
  • North Sydney Oval
  • Stanton Library

[edit] Sport and Recreation

[edit] Population

[edit] Notable residents

[edit] Politics

The local government area of North Sydney Council includes the suburb of North Sydney and the surrounding suburbs of Crows Nest, Wollstonecraft, Waverton, Neutral Bay, McMahons Point, Kirribilli, Cremorne (divided between North Sydney & Mosman), and Cammeray.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Gregorys Street Directory, Gregorys Publishing Company, 2007
  2. ^ The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8
  3. ^ The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company, 1981
  4. ^ www.greenwoodplaza.com.au
  5. ^ www.northsydneysw.com.au

[edit] External links

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