Wynyard () is an urban locality adjacent to
Wynyard railway station in the
Sydney central business district of
New South Wales
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, Australia. Wynyard is part of the
local government area of the
City of Sydney
The City of Sydney is the local government area covering the Sydney central business district and surrounding inner city suburbs of the greater metropolitan area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established by Act of Parliament in 1842, th ...
. The postcode is 2000.
Wynyard Park is a prominent landmark in this area.
History
Wynyard was named in honour of Major-General
Edward Buckley Wynyard
General Edward Buckley Wynyard (1788 – 24 November 1864) was a British Army officer.
History
He was born in Kensington Palace, London, the son of Lieutenant-General William Wynyard, Colonel of the 20th Foot.
He joined the Army himself as ...
, a former British Army officer who, in September 1847, was put in command of the troops in New South Wales,
Van Diemen's Land
Van Diemen's Land was the colonial name of the island of Tasmania used by the British during the European exploration of Australia in the 19th century. A British settlement was established in Van Diemen's Land in 1803 before it became a sep ...
and
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
.
Transport
Wynyard railway station is located underground and is a major
Sydney Trains
Sydney Trains is the operator of the suburban passenger rail network serving the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The network is a hybrid urban-suburban rail system with a central underground core that covers over of track and 170 ...
railway station, serviced by six lines. It is also a major bus terminal, serving as the CBD terminus for many routes from the Northern Beaches and North Shore.
See also
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Suburbs of Sydney
This is a complete listing of the suburbs and localities in the greater Sydney area in alphabetical order.
Sydney has about 30 local government areas, each consisting of several suburbs. Suburbs in Australia are purely geographical, not politi ...
References
Sydney localities
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