Cremorne, New South Wales
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| Cremorne Sydney, New South Wales |
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 Open-air cafes on the square on Military Road |
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| Postcode: | 2090 | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD 1,125,000[citation needed] | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 6 km (4 mi) north of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | North Sydney Council | ||||||||||||
| State District: | North Shore, Willoughby | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | North Sydney, Warringah | ||||||||||||
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Cremorne is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Cremorne is located 6 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of North Sydney Council.
Cremorne Junction is a locality within the suburb. Immediately adjacent to the suburb, to the south, is the small residential suburb of Cremorne Point. Cremorne is situated between Mosman and Neutral Bay.
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[edit] History
Cremorne was named after the Cremorne Gardens, a popular pleasure ground in London, United Kingdom. [1]
[edit] Commercial Area
Cremorne is a mainly residential area with its commercial area centred along Military Road, also known as Cremorne Junction. Cremorne hosts a supermarket, a high-rise hotel, a large number of restaurants and various other shops. The Cremorne Town Centre includes the Cremorne Hotel. The commercial zone is dwarfed by nearby Neutral Bay.
A number of small companies lease office space in the commercial zone along Military Road, most notably Sharman Networks, the owners of the Kazaa peer-to-peer software, whose head office is situated here.
Cremorne features an impressive historic cinema, the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace, which has been restored to its original Art Deco style, and features a Wurlitzer pipe-organ at selected film screenings. The cinema was designed by G.N.Kenworthy and built in 1935. Its restoration was undertaken in 1987 by its new owner, television personality Mike Walsh.[2]
[edit] Schools
A co-educational private school, SCECGS Redlands, has its senior campus on Military Road and its junior and middle campus on Murdoch Street.
[edit] Transport
All transport to and from Cremorne is by road or water. Military Road connects Cremorne to Neutral Bay and the Sydney Harbour Bridge to the West, and to Mosman to the East.
Transport between Military Road and Sydney CBD is available via Sydney Buses routes L80, L85, 178, 180 and 244 to 249. Other bus routes on Military Road provide regular services to the business districts in North Sydney and Chatswood and to Sydney's Northern Beaches. The Sydney Ferries Mosman route runs to Cremorne's two wharves, Cremorne Point and Old Cremorne, to Sydney CBD's Circular Quay.
 Cremorne Outdoor Cafes |
 Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace |
 General Practice Cremorne |
 Military Road, Cremorne Junction |
[edit] Pop Culture
The commercial area along Military Road, including the shopping arcade, were used for outdoor filming and the opening title sequence of the short-lived Australian soap opera Arcade.
[edit] References
- ^ The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Frances Pollon, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8, page 72
- ^ Sydney Architecture, Graham Jahn (Watermark Press) 1997
[edit] External links
- Cremorne, New South Wales is at coordinates Coordinates:
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