Moore Park is a small suburb located southeast of the
Sydney central business district
The Sydney central business district (CBD) is the historical and main Central business district, commercial centre of Sydney. The CBD is Sydney's city centre, or Sydney City, and the two terms are used interchangeably. Colloquially, the CBD or c ...
, in the eastern suburbs of
Sydney
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, in the state of
New South Wales
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, Australia. It is part of
local government area
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of the
City of Sydney
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.
Moore Park is also a large area of parkland that is part of
Centennial Parklands
Centennial Parklands is the name given to a group of three urban parklands located in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Comprising approximately , the lands encompass Centennial Park, Moore Park and Queen's Park ...
, a collective of three parks being Moore Park, Centennial Park and Queen's Park. Centennial Parklands is administered by the Centennial Park & Moore Park Trust, a
NSW government
The Government of New South Wales, also known as the NSW Government, is the Australian state democratic administrative authority of New South Wales. It is currently held by a coalition of the Liberal Party and the National Party. The Governmen ...
agency. The only exception is the land on which the
Sydney Cricket Ground
The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) is a sports stadium in Sydney, Australia. It is used for Test cricket, Test, One Day International and Twenty20 cricket, as well as, Australian rules football and occasionally for rugby league, rugby union and as ...
and
Sydney Football Stadium
The Sydney Football Stadium, commercially known as Allianz Stadium and previously Aussie Stadium, was a football stadium in Moore Park, Sydney, Australia. Built in 1988 next to the Sydney Cricket Ground, the stadium was Sydney's premier rect ...
are sited; these stadiums are managed by the
Sydney Cricket Ground Trust.
History
Heritage listings
Moore Park has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
* Driver Avenue:
Sydney Cricket Ground Members' Stand and Lady Members' Stand
Commercial area
Moore Park is the former location of the Royal Agricultural Society's
Sydney Showground, which hosted the annual
Sydney Royal Easter Show until 1998. It moved to
Homebush Bay (the site of the
2000 Olympics). The old showgrounds have since been redeveloped as Fox Studios, now
Disney Studios Australia
Disney Studios Australia (formerly Fox Studios Australia) is a motion picture and television production facility in Sydney that has operated as part of The Walt Disney Company since 2019.
Occupying the site of the former Sydney Showground at ...
, a commercial venture designed at supporting Australia's
film
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industry.
The Entertainment Quarter
The Entertainment Quarter is an entertainment precinct in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, Australia. The Entertainment Quarter sits beside Fox Studios Australia in the suburb of Moore Park, located 3 kilometres south-east of the Sydney cent ...
is a retail, dining and entertainment precinct beside the studios. It contains cinemas, live venues, restaurants, cafes, pubs, and retailers of fashion and homewares. The Farmer's Market operates every Wednesday and Saturday in the old showground showing.
The south-western corner of the suburb boasts the
Supa Centre Moore Park
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* Supa Dam, Western Ghats, Karnataka, India
* Joida, new settlement for the people from the defunct town Supa. Supa town was immersed due to the construction of Supa Dam
* Supa, Parner, village in Maharashtra, India
* ...
on
South Dowling Street. It specialises in showrooms for home furnishings and home renovations. This was the site of the former
Dowling Street depot for
trams
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.
Transport
The
Eastern Distributor
The Eastern Distributor is a motorway in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Part of the M1, the motorway links the Sydney central business district with Sydney Airport. The centre-piece is a tunnel running from Woolloomooloo to Surry Hil ...
and
Anzac Parade are major arterial roads on the western border of the suburb.
Transdev John Holland
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operate frequent bus services to Moore Park from the Sydney CBD. Special services for sporting events from
Central railway station have been replaced by services on the
CBD and South East Light Rail
The CBD and South East Light Rail is a light rail line in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Construction commenced in October 2015, with services between Circular Quay and Randwick commencing on 14 December 2019 as the L2 Randwick Line, and ...
from December 2019.
On 13 December 2012, the NSW Government announced a commitment to build a
$1.6 billion light rail from
Circular Quay
Circular Quay is a harbour, former working port and now international passenger shipping port, public piazza and tourism precinct, heritage area, and transport node located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on the northern edge of the Syd ...
down
George Street to
Central station
Central stations or central railway stations emerged in the second half of the nineteenth century as railway stations that had initially been built on the edge of city centres were enveloped by urban expansion and became an integral part of the ...
, then across to Moore Park and down
Anzac Parade. South of Moore Park the line splits into two branches – one continuing down Anzac Parade to the nine ways at
Kensington
Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in the West End of London, West of Central London.
The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up b ...
, and the other heading to
Randwick via Alison Road. Construction commenced in 2015 and services commenced on the Randwick branch to Moore Park in December 2019.
Sports stadiums and facilities
Moore Park is the location of two of Sydney's largest sporting venues, the
Sydney Cricket Ground
The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) is a sports stadium in Sydney, Australia. It is used for Test cricket, Test, One Day International and Twenty20 cricket, as well as, Australian rules football and occasionally for rugby league, rugby union and as ...
(SCG) and
Sydney Football Stadium
The Sydney Football Stadium, commercially known as Allianz Stadium and previously Aussie Stadium, was a football stadium in Moore Park, Sydney, Australia. Built in 1988 next to the Sydney Cricket Ground, the stadium was Sydney's premier rect ...
(SFS). The
Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional Rugby league, Rugby League Football Club based in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney) and parts of inner Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. The Roosters have won ...
Rugby league
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team in the
National Rugby League
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, The
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club based in Sydney, New South Wales. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW). The Swans also field a reser ...
in the
Australian Football League
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,
Sydney FC A-League
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football
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team,
NSW Waratahs
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rugby union
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team have their administration offices at Moore Park and Sydney Football Stadium is their home ground. The Moore Park Magpies are a local junior rugby league team.
The
Hordern Pavilion
Hordern Pavilion is a building located in Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on the grounds of the old Sydney Showground. "The Hordern", as it is affectionally known by Sydneysiders, has been an architecturally and socially signi ...
is a multipurpose entertainment venue, while next door the Royal Hall of Industries (fondly remembered as the old Showbag Pavilion during the Royal Easter Show days) has hosted a range of exhibitions, social and commercial events and shows. Moore Park also houses Kippax Lake, an artificial lake named after William Kippax, an alderman of the 1860s and grandfather of the cricketer
Alan Kippax
Alan Falconer Kippax (25 May 1897 – 5 September 1972) was a cricketer for New South Wales (NSW) and Australia. Regarded as one of the great stylists of Australian cricket during the era between the two World Wars, Kippax overcame a late sta ...
, the
ES Marks Athletics Field
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, the Moore Park Golf, the Parklands Sports Centre and a number of sports fields.
In October 2018 the Swans and the
New South Wales Government
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announced an intention to upgrade the Pavilion and Hall of Industries. The Hall was to be equipped with indoor sporting and rehabilitation facilities and an international-standard netball court, providing permanent indoor training facilities for the Swans and professional netball club the
New South Wales Swifts
New South Wales Swifts are an Australian netball team based in Sydney, New South Wales. Since 2017 they have represented Netball New South Wales in Suncorp Super Netball. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship. The team was ...
. The Hordern Pavilion would retain its live music scene and undergo a significant restoration to improve facilities for patrons and performers. The two precincts would also be joined closer together with barriers between them removed and cafes and other community facilities installed for use by the general public. The Swans train on the Tramway Oval (previously known as Lakeside Oval), located adjacent to the
Sydney Cricket Ground
The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) is a sports stadium in Sydney, Australia. It is used for Test cricket, Test, One Day International and Twenty20 cricket, as well as, Australian rules football and occasionally for rugby league, rugby union and as ...
, during the non-football season. The oval completed an extensive redevelopment in April 2019 and has identical dimensions to
Docklands Stadium
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in Melbourne. In April 2020 the Swans pulled out of the agreement with the Government and Swifts, citing the financial implications of the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. The agreement was renegotiated in August 2021, and will now be complete in late 2022.
Schools
Moore Park, served by the
Department of Education
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, is the location of
Sydney Boys High School
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,
Sydney Girls High School
Sydney Girls High School (abbreviated as SGHS or Sydney Girls) is a Education in Australia#Government schools, government-funded Single-sex school, single-sex Selective school (New South Wales), academically selective secondary school, secondary da ...
(both of which are
selective high schools).
Population
At the
2021 census, the population of Moore Park was 18.
The showed that Moore Park had a population of 28.
Gallery
Image:Moore Park Kippax Lake.JPG, Kippax Lake
Image:Moore Park Gates Anzac Parade.JPG, Moore Park Gate Anzac Parade
Image:Entertainment Quarter Cinema.JPG, Cinemas, The Entertainment Quarter
The Entertainment Quarter is an entertainment precinct in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, Australia. The Entertainment Quarter sits beside Fox Studios Australia in the suburb of Moore Park, located 3 kilometres south-east of the Sydney cent ...
Image:Fox Studios Australia 1.JPG, Fox Studios Australia
Disney Studios Australia (formerly Fox Studios Australia) is a motion picture and television production facility in Sydney that has operated as part of The Walt Disney Company since 2019.
Occupying the site of the former Sydney Showground at ...
Image:Royal_hall_of_industry0004.jpg, Royal Hall of Industries, Driver Avenue
Image:Entertainment Quarter Hordern Pavilion.JPG, Hordern Pavilion
Hordern Pavilion is a building located in Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on the grounds of the old Sydney Showground. "The Hordern", as it is affectionally known by Sydneysiders, has been an architecturally and socially signi ...
Image:Entertainment Quarter Showground 1.JPG, Sydney Showground (Moore Park)
The former Sydney Showground (Moore Park) at Moore Park was the site of the Sydney Royal Easter Show in New South Wales, Australia from 1882 until 1997, when the Show was moved to the new Sydney Showground at Sydney Olympic Park, which w ...
Image:MooreParkSupaCentre.jpg, Moore Park Supa Centre
Image:Moore Park Sydney Cricket Ground 1.JPG, Sydney Cricket Ground entrance
Image:Moore Park Tennis Complex.JPG, Moore Park Tennis Complex
Image:Moore Park Aussie Stadium 1.JPG, Sydney Football Stadium from carpark
Image:Sbhsmoorepark.jpg, Sydney Boys High School
References
External links
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Suburbs of Sydney