Crows Nest, New South Wales

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Crows Nest
Sydney, New South Wales

Crows Nest Community Centre

Postcode:

2065

Location:

5 km (3 mi) north of Sydney CBD

LGA:

North Sydney Council

State District:

Willoughby

Federal Division:

North Sydney

Suburbs around Crows Nest:
Willoughby	Naremburn	Cammeray
St Leonards	Crows Nest	Cammeray
Wollstonecraft	Waverton	North Sydney

Crows Nest is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Crows Nest is located 5 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of North Sydney Council.

1 History
2 Commercial Area
3 Transport
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

Crows Nest was the name of an estate founded by Edward Wollstonecraft in 1819 when he received a 524-acre (2.12 km²) land grant in this area and extending to today's suburb of Wollstonecraft. He named the parcel 'Crows Nest Farm' and erected 'Crows Nest House'. This site is now the building site of North Sydney Demonstration School and the gates of Crows Nest House still stand at the Pacific Highway entrance to the school. According to his associate Alexander Berry, Wollstonecraft chose the house's name "on account of its elevated and commanding position". Berry died at Crows Nest House on 30 November 1873. ^[1]

[edit] Commercial Area

Crows Nest is a significant commercial district which is noted for its variety of shops and restaurants. It is centred around the junction of five main roads about 1 kilometre north by northwest of the original site of Crows Nest House.

[edit] Transport

The Warringah Freeway runs along the northern border of Crows Nest and the Pacific Highway is a major road along the western border.

Crows Nest Hotel, Willoughby Road

Willoughby Road, view north to Naremburn

The Gates of Crow's Nest House

[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

Crows Nest, New South Wales is at coordinates 33°49′34″S 151°12′18″E / -33.82613, 151.20505 (Crows Nest, New South Wales)Coordinates: 33°49′34″S 151°12′18″E / -33.82613, 151.20505 (Crows Nest, New South Wales)

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