North Sydney
Suburb
North Sydney skyline at dusk
North Sydney Location in metropolitanSydney
Interactive map of North Sydney
Coordinates:33°50′23″S151°12′19″E / 33.83965°S 151.20541°E /-33.83965; 151.20541
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
City	Sydney
LGA	North Sydney Council
Location	3 km (1.9 mi) north ofSydney CBD
Government
• State electorates	North Shore Willoughby
• Federal division	Warringah
Area
• Total	1.4 km2 (0.54 sq mi)
Elevation	83 m (272 ft)
Population
• Total	8,964 (2021 census)[2]
• Density	6,400/km2 (16,600/sq mi)
Postcode	2060
Suburbs around North Sydney Crows Nest Cammeray Cammeray Waverton North Sydney Neutral Bay McMahons Point Lavender Bay Milsons Point

North Sydney is a suburb and commercial district on theLower North Shore ofSydney, New South Wales, Australia, and is the administrative centre for thelocal government area ofNorth Sydney Council.

The Indigenous people on the southern side ofPort Jackson (Sydney Harbour) called the north sidewarung which meantthe other side, while those on the northern side used the same name to describe the southern side.^[3]

The first name used by European settlers wasHunterhill, named after a property owned byThomas Muir of Huntershill (1765–1799), a Scottish political reformer. He purchased land in 1794 near the location where the north pylon of theSydney Harbour Bridge is now located, and built a house which he named after his childhood home. This area north ofGore Hill became known asSt Leonards. The township of St Leonards was laid out in 1836 in what is now North Sydney, bounded by what is now Miller, Walker, Lavender and Berry streets. By 1846 there were 106 houses here and by 1859, the commercial centre had extended fromMilsons Point to Miller Street. A bus service operated by Jeremiah Wall ran between Milsons Point andNorth Sydney Shops, and North Sydney thus developed its own identity.

The North Sydney municipality was incorporated in 1890 and after naming disputes,North Sydney was settled upon. The post office which opened in 1854 as St Leonards was changed to North Sydney in 1890. The first public school which opened in 1874 as St Leonards was renamed North Sydney in 1910.^[4]

North Sydney underwent a dramatic transformation into a commercial hub in 1971–72. In this period no less than 27skyscrapers were built.^[5]

The history of the North Sydney tramway system can be divided into three periods – the first from the original opening in 1886 to 1909, when theMcMahons Point line opened. The second period covers the time until the Wynyard line was opened across theSydney Harbour Bridge in 1932, and the third until construction of theCahill Expressway on the eastern side of Sydney Harbour Bridge and the wider closure of the system in 1962.^[6]

The first part of the North Sydney tramway system was a double-track cable tramway which commenced at the originalMilsons Point ferry wharf, located where the north pylon of the Harbour Bridge is now. The line originally extended via Alfred Street (now Alfred Street South), Junction Street (nowPacific Highway), Blue Street and Miller Street to theRidge Street Tram Depot. It used cable grip cars called "dummies" and un-powered trailer cars.

A feature of these lines was the underground tram terminus atWynyard railway station (the only one in Australia), and the tracks over the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Trams ran from Blue Street over a now-demolished steel arch bridge over the Harbour Bridge Roadway, then over the eastern side of the harbour bridge (now road lanes), through a tram platform atMilsons Point railway station, before descending underground into platforms 1 and 2 of Wynyard station.

North Sydney has a number of heritage-listed sites, including those listed on theNew South Wales State Heritage Register:

• 36 Blue Street: FormerNorth Sydney Technical High School (now Greenwood Hotel)^[7]
• 20 Edward Street:Graythwaite^[8][9][10]
• Falcon Street:North Sydney Sewer Vent^[11]
• 283a Miller Street:St Leonards Park^[12]
• 6 Napier Street:Don Bank^[13]
• 92–94 Pacific Highway:North Sydney Post Office^[14]
• 44 Union Street:Kailoa^[15]

The following buildings are heritage-listed on other heritage registers:^[16]

• Chinese Christian Church, Alfred Street
• Christ Church, Walker and Lavender Streets
• Church of England Rectory, Lavender Street
• Houses: 11–37 Walker Street and 20–30 Walker Street
• Mercedes, 9 Walker Street
• St Francis Xavier's War Memorial Church, Mackenzie Street
• St Francis Xavier's Presbytery, Mackenzie Street
• St Francis Xavier's Church School Hall, Mackenzie Street
• St Peter's Presbyterian Church and Manse, Blues Point Road
• St Thomas's Church of England, West and Church Streets
• St Thomas's Kindergarten Hall, Church and McLaren Streets
• St Thomas's Church Rectory, McLaren Street
• Woodstock, Pacific Highway^[17]

Miller Street is the main commercial street in North Sydney. It is home to theNorth Sydney Council Chambers. In terms of banking, Miller Street is home to anANZ Bank branch,^{[citation needed]} aCommonwealth Bank branch,^[18] aNational Australia Bank branch,^{[citation needed]} and aWestpac branch.^{[citation needed]}

The commercial district of North Sydney includes the second largest concentration of office buildings in New South Wales, with a large representation from the advertising and information technology industries. Advertising, marketing businesses and associated trades such as printing have traditionally dominated the business life of the area though these have been supplanted to a certain extent by information technology businesses. Corporations whose offices are in North Sydney include:AAMI,Acciona,AGL,CIMIC,Cisco,Coca-Cola Europacific Partners,Gen Digital,Hyundai,Microsoft,Nando's,National Australia Bank,NBN Co,Nine Entertainment,Novell,SAP,Sophos,Ventia,UGL,Vocus Communications,Vodafone andZurich Insurance.

Unlike other major suburban hubs within the Sydney metropolitan area, North Sydney has limited shopping facilities and almost no Sunday trading. There are four supermarkets (Aldi,IGA,Coles andWoolworths Metro). The main shopping complex is the Greenwood Plaza, which is connected toNorth Sydney station.^[19] Berry Square is another shopping centre in Berry Street, formerly known as North Sydney Shopping World.^[20]

According to the2021 census, there were 8,964 residents in the suburb of North Sydney. 46.9% of residents were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China 5.8%, England 5.4%, India 4.6%, New Zealand 2.4% and Hong Kong 1.8%. 61.6% of residents spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 6.4%, Cantonese 3.2%, Spanish 2.0%, Hindi 1.7% and Korean 1.5%. The most common responses for religion in North Sydney were No Religion 43.9% and Catholic 19.9%.^[2]

North Sydney is directly linked to the Sydney CBD by road and rail across theSydney Harbour Bridge andSydney Harbour Tunnel.North Sydney railway station is on theNorth Shore railway line of theSydney Trains network. Bus services byBusways,CDC NSW,Keolis Downer Northern Beaches,Transdev John Holland andTransit Systems operate through North Sydney, connecting train and bus services towards North Sydney's neighbouring suburbs as well as connecting train services to Richmond via City from the T1 North Shore & Northern Lines. TheWarringah Freeway links North Sydney south to the Sydney CBD and north toChatswood. High Street,North Sydney wharf is a wharf served byNeutral Bay ferry services, which is part of theSydney Ferries network. It is possible to walk from parts of North Sydney to the city centre in less than 30 minutes, by way of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Victoria Cross metro station, located two blocks north of the existing North Sydney heavy rail station, opened in late August 2024 as part of theSydney Metro City & Southwest project.

Churches include St Mary's Catholic Church on Miller Street, St Francis Xavier's War Memorial Church in Mackenzie Street,St Thomas Anglican Church on West and Church Streets,Christ Church on Walker and Lavender Streets, St Peter's Presbyterian Church and Manse on Blues Point Road and Chinese Christian Church on Alfred Street.

Hare Krishna Temple is located on the corner of Falcon Street and Miller Street.^[21]

Primary schools includeNorth Sydney Demonstration School,Mosman Preparatory School and St Marys Primary School.

High schools include the publicNorth Sydney Boys High School andNorth Sydney Girls High School, the CatholicMarist Catholic College North Shore, and independent schoolsWenona School,Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College andSydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore).

St Aloysius' College of Milsons Point andLoreto Kirribilli are also within the confines of the North Sydneylocal government area.Post-secondary education providers include theAustralian Catholic University,APM College of Business and Communication, Raffles College of Design and Commerce,Walker and Miller Training andBilly Blue College of Design.

• MLC Building
• North Sydney Post Office
• North Sydney Oval
• Stanton Library
• Brett Whiteley Square
• Museum atMary MacKillop Place, which tells the story of Australia's firstCatholic saint
• Don Bank Museum, devoted to the history of the local area
• Greenwood Plaza shopping complex (built under the former public school, founded in 1878 and renamed after its Principal)
• North Sydney railway station
• Victoria Cross railway station
• Independent Theatre
• Walker Street Cinema (closed)

St Leonards Park which includesNorth Sydney Oval is the suburb's major recreation area, popular among joggers and those wishing to walk their dogs. Since 1910, North Sydney Oval has played host to the North Shore's leading sports team theNorth Sydney Bears, who play in the NSW Cup, the second grade below NRL level and a currently a feeder club to theMelbourne Storm. The Bears were controversially excluded from theNRL after the1999 season as a result of theSuper League war peace deal in which the number of clubs had to be reduced to 14 by the 200 season. There have been ongoing efforts to restore the Bears. The first proposal was theCentral Coast Bears, and the most recent was a proposed partnership with Western Australia to form thePerth Bears. All bids have included a proposal to play one game at North Sydney Oval for heritage. Outside of the Bears, the stadium also hosts theNorthern Suburbs Rugby Club, and theNorth Sydney Cricket Club for local Rugby Union and Cricket respectively

The Norths Pirates Junior Rugby Union Club is North Sydney's local junior village rugby union team who play all home games at Tunks Park in the adjoining suburb of Cammeray together with North Sydney Brothers, a junior rugby league club and the rugby league teams of Marist College North Shore.

• North Sydney Bears (rugby league team based in the area)
• North Sydney Cricket Club
• North Sydney Chess Club
• Norths Pirates Junior Rugby Union^[22]
• Northern Suburbs Rugby Club
• UTS Northern Suburbs Athletic Club
• Gordon-North Sydney Hockey Club
• North Sydney Symphony Orchestra

During the2000 Summer Olympics, the city was the starting point of themarathon course that would end 26.2 mi (42.2 km) later at theOlympic Stadium inHomebush Bay.^[23]

• Billy Blue, convict after whom several places were named, such asBlues Point
• Arthur Bollard, rugby league player
• Theodora Cowan, Australia's first locally-born woman sculptor, was living at 84 Berry Street when she died
• Paul Cuneo, rugby league player
• Sid Deane, rugby league player
• Lachlan Fitzgibbon, rugby league player
• Antonella Gambotto-Burke, author, born at the Mater Hospital, North Sydney
• Sienna Green (born 2004), water polo Olympian^[24]
• Joe Hockey, formerTreasurer of Australia, Member of Parliament for North Sydney from 1996 until 2015.
• Henry Lawson, poet and short-story author
• David McKay, journalist and racing driver
• Kel Nagle, golfer, won the1960 Open Championship
• Peter Taylor, test cricketer

The local government area ofNorth Sydney Council includes the suburb of North Sydney and the surrounding suburbs ofCrows Nest,Waverton,Neutral Bay,McMahons Point,Kirribilli,Cremorne (divided between North Sydney andMosman) andCammeray.

This suburb has been included in theHouse of Representatives division ofWarringah since2025.^[25] It had been included in the now abolished electorate ofNorth Sydney sinceFederation. Its localMember of Parliament has beenZali Steggall since May 2025.

This suburb is included in the electoral division ofNorth Shore at thestate level. The current member for this electorate isFelicity Wilson of theLiberal Party.^[26]

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  North Sydney Post Office
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  Upton Grange, designed byWilliam Wardell
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  Mary Mackillop Memorial Chapel, Mount Street
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  St Francis Xavier Church
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  St Peter's Church
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  St Thomas's Church
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  North Sydney farmers market
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  North Sydney Council Chambers
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  Ted Mack Civic Park

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