Waverley, New South Wales

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Waverley
Sydney,  New South Wales
Office Waverley Cemetery.jpg
Waverley Cemetery office building
Waverley, New South Wales
Population4,216 (2021 census) [1]
Postcode(s) 2024
Elevation94 m (308 ft)
Location7 km (4 mi) east of Sydney CBD
LGA(s) Waverley Municipal Council
State electorate(s) Coogee
Federal division(s) Wentworth
Suburbs around Waverley:
Bondi Junction Bondi Bronte
Charing Cross Waverley Tasman Sea
Queens Park Randwick Clovelly

Waverley is a suburb in the Eastern suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Waverley is located seven kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Waverley Council. [2]

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Waverley Council takes its name from the suburb but its administrative centre is located in the adjacent suburb of Bondi Junction, which is also a major commercial centre. Waverley is the highest point of altitude in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs.

History

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Edina, War Memorial Hospital.

Waverley takes its name from a home built near Old South Head Road in 1827 by Barnett Levey (or Levy) (1798–1837). It was named Waverley House, after the title of his favourite book, Waverley, by author Sir Walter Scott. Waverley Municipality was proclaimed in June 1859. The house was a distinctive landmark and gave its name to the surrounding suburb. [3]

Waverley Cemetery (South Head General Cemetery) was established in 1877 and is one of Australia's most notable cemeteries due to its cliff-side location. The cemetery features the graves of several notable Australians including poet Henry Kendall and aviator Lawrence Hargrave. [4]

Edina, a late Victorian mansion built on a grand scale in Birrell Street by Ebenezer Vickery for himself and his family, was completed around 1884.[ citation needed ] Vickery was a leading merchant and a prominent patron of the Methodist Church. Other buildings in the group include Banksia, Witchagil and the Nellie Vickery Memorial Chapel. Banksia and Witchagil are two-storey villas that Vickery built for his sons.[ citation needed ]

This distinguished group of Victorian buildings is now used as the War Memorial Hospital. Edina, Banksia and Witchagil are on the (now defunct) Register of the National Estate. [5] Other heritage items in Waverley include the two weatherboard cottages in Judges Lane, off Bronte Road. A building in Waverley once collapsed into a large hole that swallowed ten houses and an entire street.

Heritage listings

Waverley has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Population

In the 2021 Census, there were 4,216 people in Waverley. 58.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.9% and New Zealand 2.9%. 75.3% of people only spoke English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 40.3% and Catholic 25.0%. [1]

Commercial area

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Robin Hood Hotel, an Art Deco style structure

Waverley is mostly residential with a scattering of commercial developments, centred on the road junction known as Charing Cross.

Schools

Waverley is home to a number of schools.

Sport and recreation

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Waverley Oval

Waverley is represented in one of the most popular sporting competitions across Australia, the National Rugby League competition, by the local team the Sydney Roosters, officially the Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club (ESDRLFC).

The following clubs are located in or represent the Waverley area:

Notable people

Current and former notable residents include:

Schools and churches

Local landmarks

Heritage-listed items in the Waverley area include the following: [14]

Related Research Articles

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">St Mary's Anglican Church, Waverley</span> Church in New South Wales, Australia

St Mary's Anglican Church is a heritage-listed Anglican church and associated facilities located at 240 Birrell Street, Waverley, in the Waverley Municipality, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The church was designed by Edmund Blacket and built between 1863 and 1864. It is very well known and sought after as a place to be married and is popular for funerals. The building is also notable due its pipe organ, designed and built by August Gern. The property is used for ministry by the Anglican Parish of Bondi and Waverley, which is an amalgamation of two previous Parishes ; The first Rector of St Mary’s Waverley, Rev Stanley Mitchell, was a keen Evangelical and although he used traditional Anglican liturgy was “low church” like most of Sydney Diocese. However there has been a long history of more “High” Anglicanism and Anglo Catholic theological underpinnings. Since 2014, the church has returned to a strongly evangelical base while running a very strong traditional 1662 prayer book communion service every Sunday. It also has less traditional al services to accommodate more contemporary congregations.

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Waverley (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 October 2024. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. Gregory's Sydney Street Directory, Gregory's Publishing Company, 2007
  3. The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollon Angus & Robertson 1990 ISBN   0-207-14495-8, page 266
  4. Home Waverley Cemetery
  5. The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company (1981), p.2/121
  6. "St. Mary's Anglican Church and Pipe Organ". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H00160. Retrieved 18 May 2018. CC BY icon.svg Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence .
  7. "Mary Immaculate Group". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H00626. Retrieved 18 May 2018. CC BY icon.svg Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence .
  8. A Pictorial Guide to Identifying Australian Architecture, Apperly, (Angus and Robertson) 1994, p. 103
  9. Waverley College
  10. St Catherine's Anglican School
  11. St Clare's College
  12. Kirkpatrick, Peter, "Augusta (Pakie) Macdougall (1875–1945)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 24 January 2024
  13. Carey, Hilary M., "Reid, Elizabeth Julia (1915–1974)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 5 March 2021
  14. Waverley Council Website

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