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| Woollahra Sydney, New South Wales |
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 Phoenix Hotel, Moncur Street |
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| Postcode: | 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD $1,604,000 (2007) | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 5 km (3 mi) east of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | Municipality of Woollahra | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Vaucluse | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Wentworth | ||||||||||||
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Woollahra is a suburb in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Woollahra is located 5 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Woollahra. The Municipality of Woollahra takes its name from the suburb but its administrative centre is located in Double Bay. Woollahra is famous for its quiet, tree-lined residential streets and village-style shopping centre.
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History
Woollahra is an Aboriginal word meaning camp or meeting ground or a sitting down place. It was adopted by Daniel Cooper (1821-1902), the first speaker of the legislative assembly of New South Wales, when he laid the foundations of Woollahra House in 1856. It was built on the site of the old Henrietta Villa (or Point Piper House). Cooper and his descendants were responsible for the establishment and progress of the suburb and its name was taken from the house.1
Commercial Area
Among the cafes and restaurants are a number of antique shops and art galleries. The suburb is also the location of many government consulates, including Serbia, Germany, Russia, Poland and Turkey.
 Lord Dudley Hotel, Jersey Road |
 Corner shop, Ocean Street, circa 1860 (on the National Estate) |
Churches
One of the more prominent churches, All Saints in Ocean Street, was designed by Edmund Blacket and built from 1874-1881. The church was never entirely finished; it includes a porch that was meant to be a base for a tower and spire, which was designed but never built. It is constructed predominantly of dressed sandstone and is now listed on the Register of the National Estate. It has been described as "a beautifully designed and crafted parish church that has important connections with many famous Australian families."2
A stylistic contrast is provided by the Holy Cross Church in Adelaide Street. This brick church was designed by Austin Mackay and built in 1940. It is a rarity insofar as it is an Art Deco church, which is unusual enough, and it also shows the influence of Dutch architecture.3
Houses
Woollahra is an affluent suburb of Sydney, due in part to the proximity to the city and views of Sydney Harbour. It features some very prominent addresses, such as those on Moncur Street, Queen Street and Jersey Road.
 Restored Victorian home |
 Roslyndale, Roslyndale Avenue, an example of Victorian Rustic Gothic4 |
 The restored Georgian home Waimea (listed on the National Estate) |
 Gothic-style cottage, Holdsworthy Street |
 Taber Cottage, Jersey Road |
 Victorian Italianate home, Ocean Street |
 Former worker's cottage, restored |
 Victorian wrought iron balcony, Wallis Street |
Schools
Woollahra Public School opened in 1877.
Culture and Events
Queen Street Fair
In the 1970s, there was a fair held in Queen Street. Initially a community fair, it grew and became more commercial until local residents became unhappy with the noise and size and it was ceased in the early 1980s.
References
- ^ Book of Sydney Suburbs, Frances Pollon (Angus and Robertson) 1990, p.273
- ^ The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company, 1981, p. 2/138
- ^ Sydney Architecture, Graham Jahn (Watermark Press) 1997, p.141
- ^ A Pictorial Guide to Identifying Australian Architecture, Apperly (Angus and Robertson) 1994, p.92
External links
- Woollahra, New South Wales is at coordinates Coordinates:
- 2001 Census Information
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