Castlecrag, New South Wales

Castlecrag is a suburb of historical significance in Middle Harbour on the North Shore of Sydney, Australia, originally planned by architect Walter Burley Griffin. Griffin came to Castlecrag in 1925 after tiring of the politics surrounding implementation of his designs for Australia's capital city, Canberra. It is bounded to the north, east and south by Middle Harbour and to the west by the heavily congested Eastern Valley Way^[1].

Early homes in Castlecrag were built using natural stone. They better fit into the environment, this was common practice in architecture of the Arts and Crafts movement^{[citation needed]}. Later homes were built with bricks using Griffin's patented Knitlock system^{[citation needed]}.

Historically Castlecrag was noted in the early 20th Century as an experiment in communal and community planning and living, and for the liberal intellectual, Theosophical, Anthroposophical and Natural history views of its inhabitants^{[citation needed]}.

Today the majority of Castlecrag inhabitants are conservative and affluent. More than half of its households enjoy incomes that are within the top quartile of Sydney ^[2], and this is reflected in the median house price of $1,250,000^[3]. The suburb is noted in recent times for its opposition in the mid 1970s to the Warringah Freeway (Warringah Expressway)^[4], which was originally planned to link the Sydney Harbour Bridge with the Northern Beaches, but today terminates just south of Castlecrag in Naremburn.

Castlecrag shares its postcode, 2068, with the surrounding suburbs of Willoughby, Middle Cove and North Willoughby Northbridge is better. ^[5].

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[edit] Footnotes

^ http://www.castlecrag.org.au/crag/issue160_WeekendTrafficChaos.html Castlecrag Progress Association: Our Weekend Traffic Chaos
^ http://www.id.com.au/willoughby/commprofile/default.asp?id=234&gid=120&pg=7&bhcp=1 Willoughby City Council Community Profile: Castlecrag.
^ http://www.domain.com.au/public/suburbprofile.aspx?mode=rent&suburb=CASTLECRAG&postcode=2068 Domain.com.au Suburb Profile: Castlecrag.
^ http://www.castlecrag.org.au/history/History%201960%20to%201978.pdf Castlecrag Process Association: History of Castlecrag 1960 to 1978.
^ http://www.whitepages.com.au/wp/checkPostcode.do Australian White Pages Find a Postcode.

[edit] External links

Coordinates: -33.80137° 151.22007°

Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
Castlecrag, Willoughby City Council - community profile
Map of Castlecrag
Knitlock system.
Biography of Mahony Griffin.
MS-Word document on "Legacy of the Griffins at Castlecrag, Sydney".
Castlecrag Progress Association.
The Haven Amphitheatre, Castlecrag.

Suburbs of City of Willoughby \| North Shore \| Sydney
Artarmon \| Castlecrag \| Castle Cove \| Chatswood \| Gore Hill \| Middle Cove \| Naremburn \| Northbridge \| Roseville \| St Leonards \| Willoughby
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