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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - North Sydney 1893-1894

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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney

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Maps Suburbanisation

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Milsons Point North Sydney St Leonards St Leonards Park Willoughby

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The City of Sydney Archives holds items from as early as 1842 when the Municipal Council of Sydney was established, and manage, preserve and provide access to more than 1 million items, including documents, photographs, maps, plans and data. The collection consists of City of Sydney corporate archives, items collected from the community relating to the City of Sydney local area and published reference material. Use the links to go directly to the City of Sydney's website.

Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney

Published by commercial map makers Higinbotham, Robinson and Harrison in the late nineteenth century, the maps of the Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney provide a portrait of the city's municipalities during a period of rapid growth and suburbanisation.

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North Sydney

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Sydney's second high-rise business district, at the northern end of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, result of a building boom from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney

Series of late-nineteenth-century commercial maps of municipalities created by Sydney map publishers Higinbotham, Robinson and Harrison.

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Willoughby

Lower north shore residential suburb, possibly named by Surveyor-General Sir Thomas Mitchell after Sir James Wiloughby Gordon, under whom he had served in the Peninsular War. It is the site of the Channel Nine studio and transmission tower, and of an incinerator designed by Walter Burley Griffin.

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Milsons Point

Located on Sydney Harbour, adjacent to the northern approaches of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Milsons Point played an important role in the development of the lower north shore.

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St Leonards

Lower north shore suburb, named either after British statesman Lord Sydney of St Leonards, or by surveyor general Thomas Mitchell after the town in England. In recent years it has grown into a major business district, as well as being the location of the Royal North Shore Hospital.

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St Leonards Park

One of North Sydney's largest parks beside North Sydney oval with a distinctive Victorian landscape style.

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