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| Wollstonecraft Sydney, | |||||||||||||
 Wollstonecraft Railway Station | |||||||||||||
| Population: | 8,012 (2011)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 2065 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 1.2 km² (0.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 4 km (2 mi) north of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | North Sydney Council | ||||||||||||
| State District: | North Shore | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | North Sydney | ||||||||||||
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Wollstonecraft /ˈwʊlstən.krɑːft/ is an affluent harbourside suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 4 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of North Sydney Council.
History[]
Wollstonecraft was named after Edward Wollstonecraft, the first settler to receive a land grant of 500 acres (2.0 km2) in the area, in 1821.[2] Wollstonecraft said that he left England to escape the notoriety of his aunt Mary Wollstonecraft, the author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. His business associate was Alexander Berry, another prominent resident in the area.[3]
Edward Wollstonecraft’s business associate, Alexander Berry, was another prominent resident in the area,[4] and namesake of Berry Island, a harbour-side location in Wollstonecraft.
Prior to the arrival of European settlers, the area was part of the traditional lands of the Cammeraygal people of the Eora nation.
Today Wollstonecraft is a historically significant harbourside suburb for the richness of its architectural history, with a number of Federation-style sandstone houses dating from the late Victorian era.
Transport[]
Wollstonecraft railway station is on the North Shore Line and the Northern Line of the Sydney Trains network.
Notable residents[]
- John Howard, former Prime Minister of Australia.
References[]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Wollstonecraft (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2011/quickstat/SSC12535?opendocument&navpos=220. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
- ^ State Library of New South Wales (1993), Guide to the papers of the Berry, Wollstonecraft and Hay Families, http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2007/D00007/berry1.pdf, retrieved 20 October 2009
- ^ The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollon, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8
- ^ The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollon, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8
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