Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Waverley

Eastern residential suburb named after the house of Barnett Levey (1798-1837), who named it after his favourite book by Sir Walter Scott. Situated on the highest point of Sydney's eastern suburbs, it gave its name to the surrounding municipality.

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