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Crows Nest Cottage c1885

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Crows Nest Cottage c1885

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State Library of New South Wales

[a089387 / SPF/387]

(Mitchell Library)

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Colonial architecture

Residential building

Crows Nest

Largely commercial lower north shore suburb, between North Sydney and St Leonards. It was named after the home of Edward Wollstonecraft, which had a commanding view across Sydney Harbour.

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Crows Nest Cottage

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Cottage built by Edward Wollstonecraft in 1821 from which the suburb takes its name.