North Turramurra, New South Wales
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North Turramurra Sydney, New South Wales |
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Ku-ring-gai area |
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Population: | 3,727 (2001 census) | ||||||||||||
Established: | 1850s | ||||||||||||
Postcode: | 2074 | ||||||||||||
Area: | 11.74 km² | ||||||||||||
Property Value: | AUD $780,000 (2006) includes Warrawee, South Turramurra and Turramurra |
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LGA: | Ku-ring-gai Council | ||||||||||||
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North Turramurra is a northern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is a sister suburb of Turramurra. North Turramurra is home to the sphinx war memorial. This 1.5 m high replica of the Great Sphinx of Egypt was carved out of sandstone in the 1920s by a returned soldier, in memory of fallen comrades. The suburb is a popular starting point for many bush walkers as it has easy access to Bobbin head, the upper reaches of Cowan Creek and St Ives Chase.
The suburb is characterised by a close-knit community and has a strong community group known as NTAG (North Turramurra Action Group), which is one of the most active and successful community groups in the Ku-ring-gai area.
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[edit] Geography
It lies on a narrow spur between two creeks (including Lovers Jump Creek) that flow eventually to the sea through the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park on the northern outskirts of the city. The heavily forested valleys pose a bush-fire threat each summer, but residents are blessed with common sightings of a wide variety of peculiar and beautiful native wildlife; this is one suburb where you often see wallabies hopping around back yards.
[edit] Schools
- Ku-ring-gai Creative Arts High School
- North Turramurra Public School
[edit] Transportation
The nearest train station is Turramurra railway station. Buses to North Turramurra are serviced by Shorelink at Turramurra train station.
[edit] Hospitals
- Lady Davidson Private Hospital one of the largest dedicated rehabilitation hospital in Australia and has a long and distinguished history of providing health services for veterans and private patients.
- Nazareth House is an Aged car hospital run by the Sisters of Nazareth
[edit] External links
- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
Suburbs of Ku-ring-gai Council | North Shore | Sydney |
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Barra Brui | East Gordon | East Killara | East Lindfield | East Roseville | East Wahroonga | Fox Valley | Gordon | Killara | Lindfield | North Turramurra | North St Ives | North Wahroonga | Pymble | Roseville | Roseville Chase | South Turramurra | St Ives | St Ives Chase | Turramurra | Wahroonga | Warrawee | West Killara | West Lindfield | West Pymble |
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