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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| City | Sydney | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 0.25 km2 (0.097 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 4,878 (SAL2021)[2] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 19,512/km2 (50,540/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2011 | ||||||||||||
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Elizabeth Bay is a harbourside inner city suburb in theEastern suburbs ofSydney, in the state ofNew South Wales,Australia. Elizabeth Bay is located three kilometres east of theSydney central business district and is part of thelocal government area of theCity of Sydney.
The suburb of Elizabeth Bay takes its name from thebay onSydney Harbour. Macleay Point separates Elizabeth Bay from Rushcutters Bay. The suburb of Elizabeth Bay is surrounded by the suburbs ofRushcutters Bay andPotts Point.Kings Cross is a locality on the south-western border andGarden Island is a locality, to the north.
The suburb is also the mostdensely populated suburb in Australia.
The original name of the land now known as Elizabeth Bay is Gurrajin,Dharag language.
Elizabeth Bay was named in honour ofGovernor Lachlan Macquarie's wife, Elizabeth.
Elizabeth Bay is one of the places around Sydney Harbour that has been officially gazetted as adual named site by theGeographical Names Board (GNB). The official dual name for this place is 'Elizabeth Bay / Gurrajin'. Nearby officially assigned dual names are 'Elizabeth Point / Jerrowan' and 'Macleay Point / Yurrandubbee'.[3][4] The GNB dual naming policy applies to already named geographical features or cultural sites. Dual naming means that the original Aboriginal place name has been officially reassigned by the Geographical Names Board, and is recognised along with its more recent European place name.[5]
An earlier source claims this area was originally known by theAboriginal name 'Yarrandabby' and what is now Macleay Point was 'Jerrewon'.[6]
Alexander Macleay (1767–1848), theColonial Secretary of New South Wales, was granted 22 hectares (54 acres) here in 1828. He commissioned architectJohn Verge (1788–1861) to buildElizabeth Bay House, a Regency style home that was completed in 1837.
Elizabeth Bay has many heritage-listed sites, including the following listed on theNew South Wales State Heritage Register:
Ashton, located at the bottom of Elizabeth Bay Road, was designed byThomas Rowe in theVictorian Italianate style and builtc. 1875. It was originally part of a group of villas built for well-off clients who included Thomas Rowe, John Grafton Ross, Charles Henry Hoskins and Sir Cecil Harold Hoskins. In more recent years, the character of the area was changed radically by the building of blocks of flats, butAshton survived as one of the few original buildings in the area.[10]
Boomerang is perhaps the best surviving suburban estate of its period on the harbour foreshores. It was designed by Neville Hampson in 1926 for Frank Albert, a music publisher. ThisHollywood Spanish Mission style dwelling and flats are of stuccoed brick with vaguely classical windows and decoration, under a terracotta hipped roof. The exterior colour is dull brown. The interior maintains the theatrical air with rooms decorated in different styles from various historical eras. The gardens, which have significantly matured, are an amalgamation of palm trees, shrubs and fountains with tennis court and boathouse.[8] A private residence, it sold for A$20.7 million in 2005 toLindsay Fox. It has been used as a backdrop for Hollywood films, includingMission: Impossible 2, and is heritage-listed.[13]
Elizabeth Bay House is a historic house managed by theHistoric Houses Trust, located in Onslow Avenue with views across Sydney Harbour. It was designed byJohn Verge in theRegency style[11] and is listed on the (now defunct)Register of the National Estate.[13] The adjacentgrotto is also listed on New South Wales Heritage Register.[12]
Across the road fromAshton isTresco, a two-storey home designed by Thomas Rowe and built in 1868. It was constructed by Italian stonemasons who were brought to Australia by the Joubert brothers, who were prominent in the early settlement ofHunters Hill. In 1913 it became the official residence of the Flag Officer in Charge, Royal Australian Navy, Eastern Australia.[9][13]
According to the2021 census, there were 4,878 living in Elizabeth Bay. 59.9% of people were born in Australia, with the top other countries of birth being England (5.8%), New Zealand (4.1%), United States of America (2.1%), Brazil (1.4%) and South Africa (1.1%). 78.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish (1.7%) and French (1.7%). The most common responses for religion were No Religion (53.2%) and Catholic (16.2%).[14]
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