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Sketch of Centennial Park c1887

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Sketch of Centennial Park c1887

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Centennial Park

A sandy swampy tract of land, skirted by roads based on Aboriginal tracks, the land that became Centennial Park was set aside as a common by Macquarie in 1811. Later the swamps in the park supplied Sydney's water, first by card and later via Busby's Bore. In 1888 the area was designated a public park commemorating 100 years since the founding of the colony. The park was designed, planted, neglected and refurbished over the next century and more, and remains one of Sydney's great spaces.

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Centennial Park

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The largest urban park in the southern hemisphere, developed as a parkland since the early days of European settlement. It also gives its name to the small residential suburb on its western fringe, whose most famous resident was Nobel Prize winning novelist Patrick White.

Centennial Park

Small residential suburb on the western fringe of Centennial Park, bounded by Moore Park Road in the north, Lang Road, Robertson Road, Martin Road and Anzac Parade in the east, the southern edge of Moore Park Golf Club in the south and South Dowling Street in the west. The suburb's most famous resident was Nobel Prize winning novelist Patrick White.

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Centennial Park and Moore Park Trust

Trust created by legislation to administer the usage and future direction of the parklands.

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Woollahra

Inner-eastern suburb characterised by its tree-lined streets of heritage buildings and village-style commercial centre, relatively untouched by major development.

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