Vaucluse, New South Wales
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Vaucluse is an eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Vaucluse is located 8km north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government areas of Waverley Council and the Municipality of Woollahra.
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[edit] Location
Vaucluse is located on the South Head peninsula, with Sydney Harbour on the west and the Pacific Ocean on the east. The Sydney Harbour side of the suburb commands views across the harbour to the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The adjacent suburbs are Watsons Bay, to the north and Rose Bay and Dover Heights to the south.
Vaucluse is a mainly residential suburb. For many years, it was the richest suburb in Sydney. Currently, the houses and properties are still among the top five most expensive suburbs of Sydney.
The Macquarie Lighthouse sits prominently on the eastern side of the suburb, at Dunbar Head. Vaucluse House is a historic home managed by the Historic Houses Trust in Wentworth Road with views across Sydney Harbour.
[edit] History
Vaucluse takes its name from historic Vaucluse House. The original Vaucluse House was built by Sir Henry Browne Hayes, who had been transported to New South Wales for kidnapping the daughter of a wealthy Irish banker’s daughter. When he arrived, in 1802, he was allowed to buy land from that which was granted to Thomas Laycock in 1793 and Robert Cardell in 1795. The house was then acquired by Captain John Piper in 1822. Sir Henry Browne Hayes, an avid admirer of the 14th century poet Petrarch, named the house after Petrarch's poem about the famous Fontaine de Vaucluse near the town l'Isle sur la Sorgue in what is today the Department of Vaucluse in Southern France. The small but charming cottage was later taken over by William Charles Wentworth (1790-1872), barrister and explorer, in 1827. Many structural changes and additions were made while he lived there until 1853. The building has fifteen bedrooms and is in the 1830s Gothic style and sits on 27 acres (11 hectares) of gardens. The house is open to the public.
[edit] References
- The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8
[edit] External links
- Historic Houses Trust Vaucluse House
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
| Suburbs and localities within the Municipality of Woollahra | Eastern Suburbs | Sydney |
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Bellevue Hill | Darling Point | Double Bay | Edgecliff | Paddington | Point Piper | Rose Bay | Vaucluse | Watsons Bay | Woollahra |
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| Suburbs and localities within Waverley Council | Eastern Suburbs | Sydney |
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Ben Buckler | Bondi | Bondi Beach | Bondi Junction | Bronte | Charing Cross | Dover Heights | North Bondi | Queens Park | Rose Bay | Tamarama | Waverley |
| List of Sydney suburbs |
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