NORTH SYDNEY

Filled with restaurants and cafes this would have to be the centre point of activity in the region. Venture out and enjoy the nightlife as streets blossom with a lively atmosphere. Classy bars and clubs offer a convenient place to enjoy an evening out with friends. Easy access to public transport provides the best of both worlds. Enjoy the tranquillity of hills living with the train station close by to bring you right to inner city in no time. Local shops and supermarkets offer a place to dash out and grab fresh produce. The suburb also offers diverse living with ever changing streetscapes catering for both first home buyers right through to luxurious, upmarket living.

MCMAHONS POINT

Development in McMahons Point came in the mid 19th century. McMahons Point was a very busy harbourside suburb and the main access road to the ferry terminal was named after Billy Blue, a ferryman. McMahons Point was named after Michael McMahon, a manufacturer of brushes and combs, who built his home on the headland in the 1860s.  He was Mayor in the late 19th century.

MILSONS POINT

Milsons Point was named after James Milson (1785-1872), a free settler originally from Lincolnshire who settled in the then-almost uninhabited district in 1824. Milson's eldest son, James Jnr (1814-1903) greatly expanded the family's land holdings in the lower North Shore, including the 1853 purchase of the Cremorne peninsular. The last of the family's holdings in the lower North Shore area were resumed in the early 1920s for the construction of the Harbour Bridge and associated roadways.

KIRRIBILLI

The name Kirribilli is derived from the Aboriginal word Kiarabilli, which means 'good fishing spot'. The suburb initially formed part of a grant to James Milson, after whom Milsons Point was named. The area was later sub-divided, first for the construction of large family residences in the 1840s, and then for the erection of Victorian terrace houses and 20th-Century blocks of flats.

Kirribilli is one of Australia's oldest and most established suburbs. The suburb contains Kirribilli House (the official Sydney residence of the Prime Minister), Admiralty House (the official Sydney residence of the Governor-General) and the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. Admiralty House, originally a private dwelling belonging to Colonel John George Nathaniel Gibbes, is Kirribilli's oldest extant building, earliest portions of which date to 1842.

WAVERTON

Waverton is a harbourside suburb of Sydney and covers approximately 1 square kilometer.  There are three major parks, and the suburb is centred around the Waverton Railway Station and Shopping Village. There were about 2,500 people living in the suburb in 2006, an increase of about 20% over the census in 2001. The predominant age group is 20-39 years. In 2007 there were 19 homes sold in the suburb of Waverton, and the median price was $1,700,000.

WOLLSTONECRAFT

Wollstonecraft is a harbourside suburb of Sydney and covers approximately 1 square kilometer.  There are four major parks, and the suburb is centred around the Wollstonecraft Railway Station. There were about 8,000 people living in the suburb in 2006, an increase of some 30% over the census in 2001. The predominant age group is 20-39 years. The suburb of Wollstonecraft was named after Edward Wollstonecraft, who arrived in Australia in 1819. He was granted land by Governor Macquarie, and used 200 hectares of this grant on the northern side of Sydney Harbour.  His home was called “Crow’s Nest”.  As Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and a director of the Bank of New South Wales, Edward Wollstonecraft was a central figure in commerce in Sydney in the 1820s.

LAVENDER BAY

The suburb takes its name from the natural feature of Lavender Bay, on Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour), to the west of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It lies between Milsons Point and McMahons Point, and the suburb of North Sydney is located, to the north. Lavender Bay is a residential suburb with expansive views of Sydney Harbour..

The suburb contains the North Sydney Anglican Church in its north, a Lower North Shore landmark. A ferry terminal is located in the bay, with services to Circular Quay. The Lavender Bay Baths (1910) were once popular with swimmers, located in the area beside the ferry wharf.

Lavender Bay was named after the bosun, George Lavender, from the prison hulk "Phoenix", which was moored there for many years. The bay was originally called Hulk Bay and sometimes Phoenix Bay.

On the 30th May 1915, Lavender Bay railway station was opened to take the place of Milsons Point railway station, during the proposed construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. This only lasted for seven weeks, as passengers refused to alight here and demanded that trains stop at Milsons Point. The Lavender Bay station is nor railway storage sidings.