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New South Head Road, Sydney
New South Head Road is a major road in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, linking the inner-eastern suburb of Rushcutters Bay to the southern reaches of the South Head, New South Wales, South Head peninsula. Route New South Head Road commences from the intersection with Bayswater Road, Sydney, Bayswater Road (eastbound)/William Street, Sydney, William Street (westbound) and heads in a north-easterly direction as a six-lane dual-carriageway road from Rushcutters Bay through Edgecliff, New South Wales, Edgecliff, before narrowing down to a four-lane, single carriageway road through Double Bay, Point Piper and Rose Bay, New South Wales, Rose Bay where it eventually terminates at the intersection with Old South Head Road at Vaucluse, New South Wales, Vaucluse. History Maroo track Prior to the road's construction the main route to the southern headland was South Head Road, which led to the signal station following the route of modern-day Old South Head Road and O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales
The ''Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales'', also known as the ''New South Wales Government Gazette'', is the government gazette of the Government of New South Wales in Australia. The ''Gazette'' is managed by the New South Wales Parliamentary Counsel's Office. History The first ''Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales'' was published in 1832. Prior to the publication of the first issue of the ''Gazette'' on 7 March 1832, official notices were published in the '' Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser''. The articles in the ''Gazette'' include official notices from municipal councils and government departments about the naming of roads and the acquisition of land as well as changes to legislation and government departments in New South Wales. Government notices, regulations, forms and orders relating to the Port Phillip District were published in the ''Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales'' until Victoria separated from New So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kambala School
Kambala is a private school, private Pre-school education, early learning, primary school, primary, and Secondary school, secondary day school, day and Boarding school, boarding school for girls, located in Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1887, Kambala has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1,000 students from early learning to Year 12, including approximately 50 boarders from Year 7 to Year 12. Students come to Kambala from the greater metropolitan area, rural New South Wales and overseas. The school is affiliated with the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA), the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA), the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA),the Global Citizen Diploma and is a founding member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS). History Kambala was established in 1887 by Louisa Gurne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Morning Herald
''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, Australia, and owned by Nine Entertainment. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia and claims to be the most widely read masthead in the country. It is considered a newspaper of record for Australia. The newspaper is published in compact print form from Monday to Saturday as ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and on Sunday as its sister newspaper, '' The Sun-Herald'' and digitally as an online site and app, seven days a week. The print edition of ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' is available for purchase from many retail outlets throughout the Sydney metropolitan area, most parts of regional New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South East Queensland. Overview ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' publishes a variety of supplements, including the magazines ''Good Weekend'' (included in the Saturday editi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City2Surf (Sydney)
City2Surf (or City to Surf) is a popular road running event held annually in Sydney covering a course. The event is a " fun run" as well as a race, attracting both competitive runners and community participants who can choose to run or to walk. The event attracts more than 80,000 entrants who start in staggered groups based on previous running times and early entry. History The City2Surf has been held as an annual event since the first run on 5 September 1971, initially as a run that commenced in George Street, adjacent to Sydney Town Hall. It was conceived by the staff of ''The Sun'' newspaper and was inspired by the Bay to Breakers event in San Francisco. The first event was jointly organised by the Amateur Athletic Association of NSW and the NSW Women's Amateur Athletic Association and attracted 1,576 starters, 1,509 of whom completed the event within the 100 minutes time limit. Many of the entrants were registered athletes belonging to the Registered Athletic Clubs t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Bay Ferry Wharf
Double Bay ferry wharf is located on the southern side of Sydney Harbour serving the Sydney suburb of Double Bay. The Australian 18 Footers League maintain a function centre adjacent to the wharf. Between May and December 2023 Double Bay wharf was temporally closed while the Wharf was rebuilt to be fully accessible which connects with Cafe 18 and now features 2 berths. Services Double Bay wharf is served by Sydney Ferries Double Bay services operated by First Fleet The First Fleet were eleven British ships which transported a group of settlers to mainland Australia, marking the beginning of the History of Australia (1788–1850), European colonisation of Australia. It consisted of two Royal Navy vessel ... ferries. References External links Double Bay Wharfat Transport for New South Wales (Archive12 June 2019 {{Transport for New South Wales ferry wharves, Double Bay=y, state=collapsed Ferry wharves in Sydney ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Bay Ferry Wharf
Rose Bay ferry wharf is located on the southern side of Sydney Harbour serving the Sydney suburb of Rose Bay. History On 23 March 1970, Stannard Brothers commenced operating a service to Circular Quay. On the same date its Mosman to Double Bay service was rerouted to Rose Bay. The former is now operated by Sydney Ferries, while the latter which primarily operated to service private schools in the area and was being operated by Rosman Ferries ceased in December 2003 after the State Government withdrew funding. In September 2012, a new wharf opened to the east with the older wharf retained for other craft to use. This wharf is served by Emerald-class ferries. Services Rose Bay wharf is served by Sydney Ferries Watsons Bay services.F9 timetable Transport for NSW [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watsons Bay Ferry Services
The Watsons Bay ferry service, officially known as F9 Watsons Bay, is a ferry service in Sydney, Australia. Part of the Sydney Ferries network, it is operated by Transdev Sydney Ferries from Circular Quay to Rose Bay and Watsons Bay. History Sydney Ferries Limited operated services from Circular Quay to Watsons Bay until withdrawn in 1933. The Sydney Harbour Transport Board reinstated weekend and holiday services to Watsons Bay in 1966 with the '' Karingal'' and '' Karrabee''. These ceased due to lack of patronage. Weekend only services were reintroduced by the Urban Transit Authority on 1 February 1987. In 1992, some peak hour State Transit Authority services began to call at Double Bay. By 2002 it was operating daily with SuperCats calling at Garden Island, Darling Point, Double Bay and Rose Bay. In October 2013, the service received the F7 classification as part of a numbering of all Sydney ferry services. In November 2017 the service was restructured. Services to Garden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgecliff Railway Station
Edgecliff railway station is a heritage-listed underground commuter railway station located on the Eastern Suburbs line, serving the Woollahra suburb of Edgecliff. It is served by Sydney Trains' T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line services and NSW TrainLink's South Coast Line services. History Whilst the Eastern Suburbs Railway was not originally intended to travel via Edgecliff, the first proposal for an Edgecliff station was in 1947. In 1963 it was suggested that Edgecliff be the terminus of the first stage of the railway, but by 1967 it was decided Bondi Junction was a better terminus location. Edgecliff station opened on 23 June 1979 when the Eastern Suburbs line opened from Central to Bondi Junction. Although not directly mentioned in projects associated with the Rail Clearways Program, work was taken out at Edgecliff as a part of the Bondi Junction Turnback project. This involved the motorisation and signalling of an emergency crossover located at the western en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dover Heights
Dover Heights is a cliffside Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Dover Heights is 9 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia, local government area of Waverley Council. Its postcode is 2030, shared with Vaucluse, New South Wales, Vaucluse and Watsons Bay. Location Dover Heights borders Vaucluse, New South Wales, Vaucluse to its north, North Bondi, New South Wales, North Bondi to its south and Rose Bay, New South Wales, Rose Bay to its west and has the Pacific Ocean to its east. Dover Heights is a mainly residential suburb. Many of the suburb's properties have views of Sydney Harbour and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Some properties have both harbour and ocean views. Dudley Page Reserve has panoramic views over Sydney Harbour and is a popular site for sunsets and picnics. The Dover Heights Coastal Reserves are part of the Bondi to Watsons Bay Cliff Walk and have stun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watsons Bay
Watsons Bay is a harbourside, Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Watsons Bay is located 11 km north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia, local government area of the Municipality of Woollahra. Watsons Bay sits on the end of the Sydney Heads, South Head peninsula and takes its name from the sheltered bay and anchorage on its western side, in Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour). It provides views across the harbour to the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The Gap (Sydney), The Gap is an ocean cliff on the eastern side with views to Manly, New South Wales, Manly at Sydney Heads, North Head and the Pacific Ocean. Vaucluse, New South Wales, Vaucluse is the only adjacent suburb, to the south. History Aboriginal history The original inhabitants of the area that is now known as Watsons Bay, were the Cadigal people. The Cadigal referred to the area as Kutti. This indigenous group of people fishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rushcutters Bay Tram Depot
Rushcutters Bay Tram Depot was part of the Sydney tram and trolleybus networks. History Rushcutters Bay opened on 4 October 1898 serving the Watsons Bay Watsons Bay is a harbourside, Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Watsons Bay is located 11 km north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia, ... route. On the conversion to electric operation, the depot was extensively rebuilt in 1905 enlarging the tram shed from two roads to six. The depot was enlarged again around 1913 at the rear with an additional four roads. As a former cable tram depot the layout included an attached winding house and boiler house. The winding house was built for the cable tramway from the foot of King Street to Ocean Street, Edgecliff. Modified design included: *10 tracks *Plain front parapet *Roof orientation to south In January 1934, the former winding house was redeveloped as a trolleybus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wynyard, New South Wales
Wynyard () is an urban locality adjacent to Wynyard railway station, Sydney, Wynyard railway station in the Sydney central business district of New South Wales, Australia. Wynyard is part of the Local government in Australia, local government area of the City of Sydney. The postcode is 2000. Wynyard Park, Sydney, Wynyard Park is a prominent landmark in this area. History The area now known as Wynyard was the site of the first military barracks in Australia between 1792 and 1818. The land was later subdivided for private development, but a portion was retained as open space, eventually becoming Wynyard Square. Wynyard was named in honour of Major-General Edward Buckley Wynyard, a former British Army officer who, in September 1847, was put in command of the troops in New South Wales, Tasmania, Van Diemen's Land and New Zealand. The development of Wynyard as a transportation hub began with the construction of Wynyard railway station, Sydney, Wynyard railway station, which opened on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
