St Leonards is a suburb on the lower
North Shore of
Sydney
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, in the
state of
New South Wales
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, Australia. St Leonards is located north-west of the
Sydney central business district
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and lies across the
local government area
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s of
Municipality of Lane Cove,
North Sydney Council
North Sydney Council is a local government area on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, established on 29 July 1890 through the amalgamation of three boroughs.
The area is bounded by Willoughby to the north and north-w ...
and the
City of Willoughby
The City of Willoughby is a local government area on the Lower North Shore of Northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located north of the Sydney central business district. It was first proclaimed in October 1865 as ...
.
History
St Leonards was named after
English
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statesman
Viscount Sydney
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First creation (1689)
The first creation came on 9 April 1689 when H ...
of
St Leonards. Originally, St Leonards applied to the whole area from the present suburb of
North Sydney to
Gore Hill. The township of St Leonards in 1883 is now North Sydney.
The oldest railway station on the North Shore line opened in 1890 in St Leonards and originally only ran to
Hornsby.
The
Gore Hill cemetery was established on the Pacific Highway in 1868 and was the main burial site for the area until its closure in 1975. It is still maintained as a heritage site by the Department of Local Government and Lands, Willoughby Municipal Council and the Heritage Council of New South Wales.
Heritage listings
St Leonards has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
* Pacific Highway:
Gore Hill Memorial Cemetery
Population
In the 2016 Census, there were 5,495 people in St Leonards. 34.7% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were China 8.6%, India 6.0%, Japan 4.5%, Hong Kong 4.4% and England 3.8%. 45.7% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 10.3%, Cantonese 7.7%, Japanese 4.7%, Hindi 3.1% and Korean 2.3%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 40.3% and Catholic 16.2%.
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Commercial area
St Leonards has a commercial centre that complements the role of
Chatswood,
Lane Cove and
North Sydney as one of the centres for business on the
North Shore of Sydney. St Leonards contains one of Sydney's suburban
skyscraper
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clusters, with major offices for many large companies including
Toyota Financial Services
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is a Japanese multinationa ...
,
Lenovo
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,
Oporto
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Chicken & Burgers,
Manchester Unity,
3,
Savvytel,
CIMIC Group
CIMIC Group Limited (formerly Leighton Holdings) is an Australian construction contractor. It is active in the telecommunications, engineering and infrastructure, building and property, mining and resources, and environmental services industries ...
,
Macquarie Radio Network and
Channel 31 TV studio. The NSW Department of Education and Training host their Information Technology Directorate in Herbert Street.
Gore Hill Technology Park is the site of current
Fox Sports television studios.
IBM had a large office with their logo on the skyscraper but have since moved to Sydney's CBD since 2018.
The Forum
The Forum is built over the
railway station
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and comprises three commercial office buildings, two residential towers containing 782 apartments, an independent mini-supermarket, and 34 food and retail shops.
The suburb's tallest building is the Forum Tower (38 stories/118 m), with 483 apartments including many with panoramic views of the city skyline. Forum West is the second of the two residential buildings within the Forum Plaza, standing 25 stories tall with 290 apartments. Forum Tower was completed in August 1999 and Forum West 3 three years later. Both buildings boast a concierge, pool, spa, gym and private & public car parking facilities each. Winten Property Group was responsible for the construction of both buildings, and continues to build apartment buildings in St Leonards with the construction of the T1 Apartments in Atchison St in 2012.
The Plaza also contains offices for
Cisco Systems
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,
Verizon Business,
Getty Images
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among other companies.
Transport
St Leonards railway station
St Leonards railway station is located on the North Shore line, serving the Sydney suburb of St Leonards including the nearby Artarmon Industrial Area and Gore Hill. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 North Shore line services.
History
St Leo ...
is on the
North Shore & Western Line
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It was previo ...
of the
Sydney Trains network. The
Pacific Highway is the major road through the suburb.
Health
A major landuse in the suburb is the
Royal North Shore Hospital which is the largest hospital north of
Port Jackson
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(Sydney Harbour) in Sydney.
Schools and churches
*A campus of the
University of Technology, Sydney
*The campus of Northern Sydney
TAFE
*Northside Community Church
*Royal North Shore Hospital Chapel
Sport and recreation
St Leonards has developed into somewhat of a home for
rugby union
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with the former headquarters of the
Australian Rugby Union located at St Leonards (2007-2018), from neighbouring
North Sydney. The
Northern Suburbs Rugby Club
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has its clubhouse in St Leonards, featuring the Cabana Bar and Lounge. It also has a popula
Rock Climbing Facilityfor the climbing community.
Gore Hill Oval, located on the grounds of Royal North Shore Hospital, is a synthetic field for AFL & cricket, ½ basketball court, handball courts, perimeter walking track, 2 exercise equipment stations and a playground.
It is also the home ground of
Australian rules football
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club, North Shore Bombers.
References
External links
Willoughby City CouncilSt Leonards- community profile
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Suburbs of Sydney
1853 establishments in Australia
City of Willoughby
Lane Cove Council
North Sydney Council