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The Best Attractions In North Sydney

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The North Shore is the primarily residential area of northern metropolitan Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. The term generally refers to the suburbs located on the north shore of Sydney Harbour up to Berowra and between Middle Harbour and the Lane Cove National Park.
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The Best Attractions In North Sydney

  • 1. Luna Park Sydney Milsons Point
    Luna Park Sydney, also known as the Luna Park Precinct, is a heritage-listed former transport interchange and now amusement park located at 1 Olympic Drive, Milsons Point, North Sydney Council, New South Wales, Australia, on the northern shore of Sydney Harbour. The amusement park is owned by the Luna Park Reserve Trust, an agency of the Government of New South Wales, and was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 5 March 2010.The park was constructed during 1935 approximately 600 metres from the northern approaches of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and ran for seventy-month seasons until 1972, when it was opened year-round. Luna Park was closed in mid-1979, immediately following the Ghost Train fire, which killed six children and one adult. Most of the park was demolished, an...
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  • 4. Milson Park Kirribilli
    Milsons Point is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The suburb is located 3 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of North Sydney Council. Milsons Point is also the geographical feature that juts into Sydney Harbour from the northern side, directly opposite Sydney Cove, the spot where the first European settlement was established in 1788. Milsons Point was named after James Milson , one of the earliest settlers.
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  • 5. Wendy Whiteley's Secret Garden North Sydney
    Wendy Susan Whiteley is best known as the former wife of the Australian artist Brett Whiteley, and as the mother of their daughter, actress Arkie Whiteley . She has become a notable cultural figure, particularly since her ex-husband's death in 1992. She posed for Brett many times. Although they divorced three years before he died, she has control of Brett Whiteley's estate including the copyright to his works. She played an important role in the establishment of the Brett Whiteley Studio in Surry Hills, New South Wales which is now owned and managed as an art museum by the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Wendy Whiteley is also known for the restoration and landscaping of derelict railway land in Lavender Bay, Sydney, which she turned into a magic garden and where her ex-husband Brett and d...
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  • 7. Mary Mackillop Place North Sydney
    Mary Helen MacKillop RSJ was an Australian nun who has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church, as St Mary of the Cross MacKillop. Of Scottish descent, she was born in Melbourne but is best known for her activities in South Australia. Together with the Reverend Julian Tenison Woods, she founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart , a congregation of religious sisters that established a number of schools and welfare institutions throughout Australia and New Zealand, with an emphasis on education for the rural poor. The process to have MacKillop declared a saint began in the 1920s, and she was beatified in January 1995 by Pope John Paul II. Pope Benedict XVI prayed at her tomb during his visit to Sydney for World Youth Day 2008 and in December 2009 approved the Catholic Church'...
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  • 8. Balls Head Reserve North Sydney
    The Balls Head Reserve is a forested headland nature reserve situated on Port Jackson, 1.5 kilometres west of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It is named after Lieutenant Henry Lidgbird Ball, a Royal Naval officer who commanded HMS Supply on the First Fleet. The park is accessed via Balls Head Drive, Waverton, New South Wales, Australia.
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  • 10. Royal Art Society of NSW North Sydney
    The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney is a major botanical garden located in the heart of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Opened in 1816, the garden is the oldest scientific institution in Australia and one of the most important historic botanical institutions in the world. It is open every day of the year and access is free. Its stunning position on Sydney Harbour and immediately adjacent to the Sydney central business district, the Sydney Opera House and the large public parklands of The Domain ensure it is one of the most visited attractions in Sydney.
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  • 11. Don Bank Museum North Sydney
    Don Bank is a heritage-listed former residence and now house museum at 6 Napier Street, North Sydney, North Sydney Council, New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1853 to 1858 for Edward Woolstonecroft. It is also known as St. Leonard's Cottage. The property is owned by North Sydney Council. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.
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  • 12. Sydney by Kayak North Sydney
    North Sydney Girls' High School is an academically selective public high school for girls, located in Crows Nest, in Sydney, New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1914, the school currently caters for approximately 930 students from Years 7 to 12. Admission is based entirely on academic results through the Selective High Schools Test undertaken by students in Year 6. In 2001, The Sun-Herald ranked North Sydney Girls High School first in Australia's top ten girls' schools, based on the number of its alumni mentioned in the Who's Who in Australia .
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  • 13. Spirit Safaris North Sydney
    Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo, known as Angélique Kidjo , is a Grammy Award-winning Beninese singer-songwriter, actress and activist, noted for her diverse musical influences and creative music videos. Time magazine has called her Africa's premier diva. The BBC has included Kidjo in its list of the African continent's 50 most iconic figures. The Guardian has listed her as one of its Top 100 Most Inspiring Women in the World and Kidjo is the first woman to be listed among The 40 Most Powerful Celebrities In Africa by Forbes magazine. The Daily Telegraph in London described her as The undisputed queen of African music during the 2012 Olympic Games River of Music Festival. In March 2013, NPR, National Public Radio in America, called her Africa's greatest liv...
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  • 14. Canoelands Orchard North Sydney
    Canoelands is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Canoelands is 60 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Hornsby Shire and The Hills Shire.
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  • 15. Dooragan National Park North Sydney
    The Dooragan National Park is a national park on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia. The national park is situated near Laurieton, and is approximately 365 kilometres northeast of Sydney.
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