North Sydney Sydney, New South Wales
North Sydney from the air
Population:	6,060 (2006)[1]
Postcode:	2060
Area:	1.4 km² (0.5 sq mi)
Property Value:	AUD $1,100,000 (2009)
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

North Sydney's commercial area at night.

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 north of the Sydney central business district^[2] and is the administrative centre for the local government area of North Sydney Council.

[edit] History

Aborigines on the southern side of Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) called the north side warung which meant the other side, while those on the northern side used the same name to describe the southern side.^{[citation needed]}

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 the location of north pylon of the Sydney Harbour Bridge is now located, and built a house which he named after his childhood home. This area north to Gore Hill became known as St Leonards.^{[citation needed]} 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, and North Sydney thus developed its own identity.

The North Sydney municipality was incorporated in 1890 and after naming disputes, North Sydney was settled upon. 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.^[3]

North Sydney underwent a dramatic transformation into a commercial hub in 1971-72. In this period no less than 27 skyscrapers were built.^[4]

[edit] Heritage

The following buildings are on the Register of the National Estate:^[5]

• Christ Church, Walker and Lavender Streets
• Church of England Rectory, Lavender 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	Home combining Federation and Victorian influences, Union Street	Graithwaite, Union Street

[edit] Commercial Area

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,^{[citation needed]} 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 only two medium sized supermarkets (Aldi & IGA). The main shopping complex is the Greenwood Plaza, which is connected to North Sydney station.^[6] Berry Square is another shopping centre in Berry Street, formerly known as North Sydney Shopping World.^[7]

[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] Places of worship

Churches include St Mary's Catholic Church on Miller Street, St Francis Xavier's War Memorial Church in Mackenzie Street, St Thomas Anglican Church on West and Church Streets, Christ Church on Walker and Lavender Streets, St Peter's Presbyterian Church and Manse on Blues Point Road and Chinese Christian Church on Alfred Street.

A Hare Krishna temple is located on the corner of Falcon Street and Miller Street.^[8]

Mary Mackillop Memorial Chapel, Mount Street	St Francis Xavier Church	St Francis Xavier Parish Centre	St Peters Church
St Thomas' Church	St Mary's Church

[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].

• 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
• Walker Street Cinema

[edit] Sport and Recreation

• North Sydney Bears (rugby league team based in the area)
• North Sydney Cricket Club
• Northern Suburbs Rugby Club
• UTS Northern Suburbs Athletic Club
• Gordon-North Sydney Hockey Club

[edit] Population

[edit] Notable residents

• Billy Blue - a convict after which several places were named such as Blues Point
• Henry Lawson - poet

[edit] Governance

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

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: North Sydney, New South Wales

• North Sydney, New South Wales is at coordinates 33°50′23″S 151°12′19″E / 33.83965°S 151.20541°E / -33.83965; 151.20541Coordinates: 33°50′23″S 151°12′19″E / 33.83965°S 151.20541°E / -33.83965; 151.20541
• Monte Sant'Angelo Mercy College
• Wenona School
• Marist College North Shore
• North Sydney Boys High School
• North Sydney Girls High School
• Billy Blue College & Billy Blue Creative
• 2001 Census Information