Sydney localities Sydney localities Beauty Point is a piece of land protruding into the Middle Harbour of Sydney Harbour, Australia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Beauty Point, New South Wales"
Bennelong Point is the present-day location of the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia ( ). It was originally a small tidal island, Bennelong Island, that largely consisted of rocks with a small beach on the western side. The island was located on the tip of the eastern arm of Sydney Cove and was apparently separated from the mainland at high tide. For a brief period in 1788, this relatively isolated protrusion into Port Jackson (Sydney's natural harbour) was called Cattle Point as it was used to confine the few cattle and horses that had been brought from Cape Town by Governor Phillip with the First Fleet. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bennelong Point, New South Wales"
Blues Point is a harbourside locality of North Sydney, Australia. Named after local mariner Billy Blue in the 1800s, Blues Point is at the very southern tip of the McMahons Point peninsular and has spectacular views of Sydney Harbour. The locality, within North Sydney Council, is home to the Blues Point Tower, a controversial (and Australia's most expensive) residential tower designed by Harry Seidler. ...more on Wikipedia about "Blues Point"
Sydney's Chinatown is located within the southern central business district of the City of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia, in the Haymarket area between Central Station and Darling Harbour. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chinatown, Sydney"
Circular Quay is a locality in the City of Sydney, Australia, between Bennelong Point and The Rocks. Formerly known as Sydney Cove, it was the site of the initial landing of the First Fleet in Port Jackson. ...more on Wikipedia about "Circular Quay, New South Wales"
Clarke Island is an island in Sydney Harbour, Australia. It lies offshore of the Sydney suburb of Darling Point, in the eastern section of the harbour between the Harbour Bridge and the harbour entrance. ...more on Wikipedia about "Clarke Island, New South Wales"
Cockatoo Island is an island in Sydney Harbour, Sydney, Australia. The island was originally used as a prison and later developed as a shipyard. Many naval ships were built and maintained at Cockatoo Island Dockyard. The shipyard was closed during the 1980s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cockatoo Island, New South Wales" Must see www.shortopedia.com
Darling Harbour is a large recreational pedestrian precinct situated on the western edge of central Sydney, Australia. It extends northwards from Chinatown, along both sides of Cockle Bay to King Street Wharf on the east, and to the suburb of Pyrmont on the west. ...more on Wikipedia about "Darling Harbour, New South Wales"
Dobroyd Head is a locality in the most southerly part of the Manly local government area, in the suburb of Balgowlah Heights. It is a part of the Sydney Harbour National Park, which contains examples of ecosystems at risk such as coastal heath. Dobroyd Head is a notable sanctuary from the hustle and bustle of the suburban life that surrounds it. Tania Park is located to the immediate north-east, and contains the 2MWM 90.3 transmitter. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dobroyd Head"
Farm Cove is a tidal inlet and shallow bay in Sydney Harbour, separated from Sydney Cove by Bennelong Point (site of the Sydney Opera House). Known to the indigeneous inhabitants of Sydney as Woccanmagully, Farm Cove was used by them as an initiation ground and for the "Kangaroo and Dog Dance". ...more on Wikipedia about "Farm Cove, New South Wales"
Garden Island is the location of Fleet Base East, located to the east of the central business district of Sydney, Australia. The base is officially known to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) as HMAS Kuttabul, after the converted ferry HMAS Kuttabul which was sunk near Garden Island in Sydney Harbour by a Japanese midget submarine in May 1942. Garden Island is the principal east coast naval base of the RAN, and home port to many of the RAN's major ships. ...more on Wikipedia about "Garden Island, New South Wales"
Goat Island is a rocky island in Sydney Harbour, Australia. The island is some 400 m by 200 m in size and lies offshore of the Sydney districts of Balmain and Millers Point, at the junction of Darling Harbour with the main channel of Sydney Harbour. Over the years Goat Island has served as a quarry, convict stockade, explosives store, police station, fire station, boatyard and film set. Today the island forms part of the Sydney Harbour National Park. ...more on Wikipedia about "Goat Island, Port Jackson"
King Street Wharf is a former maritime industrial area on the eastern shore of Darling Harbour, an inlet of Sydney Harbour, that has been redeveloped into a residential, commercial and entertainment precinct as part of the extensive redevelopment in the general area. It is adjacent to the Darling Harbour tourist precinct, and on the western edge of Sydney's central business district. The development consists of three residential towers and a commercial centre. ...more on Wikipedia about "King Street Wharf"
Kings Cross is a former suburb that is now an inner-city locality of Sydney. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kings Cross, New South Wales"
Kissing Point is an area located in the Sydney Lower North Shore locality of South Ryde, or what is far more commonly known as Putney. The area is characterised by many boats, open green reserves and affluent North Shore waterfront homes. Kissing Point is where Bennelong died and is home to two wharfs; one at Bennelong Park and the other being the Sydney Ferries Kissing Point Wharf itself at the very tip of the small peninsualar. It is said that "Kissing Point" was given its name because the area of water around it was the furthest up Sydney Harbour that large sailing ships/vessels could reach before their keels 'kissed' the bottom. Kissing Point was also the earliest European name (after Wallumetta) given to the Ryde- Hunters Hill area. The Parish of Kissing Point used to encompass the Ryde-Hunters Hill area of the Lower North Shore of Sydney. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kissing Point, New South Wales"
Macquarie Place is a small, triangular park in downtown Sydney, Australia. It is located at the corner of Bridge Street and Loftus Street, and is named after Governor Lachlan Macquarie. ...more on Wikipedia about "Macquarie Place"
Pitt Street Mall is the pedestrianised section of Pitt Street in the CBD of Sydney, Australia. It lies between Market Street and King Street and is one block long. Despite its small size, it hosts many flagship chain stores. It is the city's main shopping street, and floorspace rents are correspondingly the highest in the city, and the 5th highest in the world in terms of city streets. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pitt Street Mall, Sydney"
Rodd Island is an island in Sydney Harbour, Australia. It lies in the centre of Iron Cove, between the Sydney suburbs of Drummoyne, Russell Lea, Rodd Point, Haberfield and Leichhardt, in the western section of the harbour upstream of the Harbour Bridge. Today the island is uninhabited, and forms part of the Sydney Harbour National Park. The island has had various other names over its history: Rabbit Island, Rhode Island, Snake Island and Jack Island. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rodd Island, New South Wales"
Rookwood Cemetery (officially named Rookwood Necropolis) is the largest multicultural necropolis in the Southern Hemisphere, close to Lidcombe in Auburn municipality, Sydney, Australia, about 15 kilometres west of the central business district. Rookwood covers over 700 acres and has its own postcode/zipcode. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rookwood Cemetery"
Shark Island is an island in Sydney Harbour, Australia. It lies offshore of the Sydney suburbs of Point Piper, Rose Bay and Vaucluse, in the eastern section of the harbour between the Harbour Bridge and the harbour entrance. The island derives its name from its apparent shape, which is claimed to resemble that of a shark. ...more on Wikipedia about "Shark Island, Port Jackson"
Snapper Island is an island in Sydney Harbour, Australia. It lies in the main channel of the western section of the harbour, upstream of the Harbour Bridge, adjacent to the Sydney suburb of Drummoyne. ...more on Wikipedia about "Snapper Island, New South Wales" I wish I had a shortopedia. shortopedia
Spectacle Island is an island in Sydney Harbour, Australia. It lies in the main channel of the western section of the harbour, upstream of the Harbour Bridge, adjacent to the Sydney suburb of Drummoyne. ...more on Wikipedia about "Spectacle Island, Port Jackson"
Taylor Square is a major road junction in Sydney, Australia at the corner of Oxford Street and Flinders Street, on the border of the suburbs of Darlinghurst and Surry Hills. The square is a centre of the city's nightlife, especially for its gay community. ...more on Wikipedia about "Taylor Square"
The Block is a colloquial but universally applied name given to a block of housing (now largely demolished) in Sydney, Australia, given to the Aboriginal Housing Corporation (AHC) as an experiment in Aboriginal-managed housing. The Block is probably the most famous feature of the suburb of Redfern, although in point of fact it is located on the western border of that suburb, on the edge of Darlington. The focus of life in the Block has always been Eveleigh Street, which is its eastern border, with railway lines on the other side of that street. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Block (Sydney)"
The Rocks is a tourist precinct and historic area near the central business district (CBD) of Sydney, Australia. It borders on the Bradfield Highway, leading to the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and is immediately adjacent to Circular Quay ( Sydney Cove), the site of Australia's first European settlement in 1788. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Rocks, New South Wales"
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