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[[Image:Royal_Hotel1.JPG|thumb|300px|right|Royal Hotel]] |
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[[Image:Teraced_Homes22.JPG|thumb|150px|right|Terraced home with wrought iron balcony]] |
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'''Bondi Road''' is a road in the eastern suburbs of [[Sydney]], Australia. It goes east from Oxford Street, [[Bondi Junction, New South Wales|Bondi Junction]] to Campbell Parade, [[Bondi Beach, New South Wales|Bondi Beach]]. It is 1.8 kilometres long. |
'''Bondi Road''' is a road in the eastern suburbs of [[Sydney]], Australia. It goes east from Oxford Street, [[Bondi Junction, New South Wales|Bondi Junction]] to Campbell Parade, [[Bondi Beach, New South Wales|Bondi Beach]]. It is 1.8 kilometres long. |
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Revision as of 10:27, 27 September 2010
Bondi Road is a road in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, Australia. It goes east from Oxford Street, Bondi Junction to Campbell Parade, Bondi Beach. It is 1.8 kilometres long.
Description and points of interest
- Federation cottages
In the first two hundred metres from Oxford Street, there are some fine examples of the Federation cottage. This was the Australian version of the Queen Anne architectural style, and was the most popular housing style in Australia between 1900 and 1910.[1]
- Terraced homes
On the north side of the road there is a strip of terraced houses in the Victorian style, with characteristic wrought iron balconies. This contrasted with the woodwork that was preferred in the Federation era.[2]
- Waverley Council Chambers
On the south side of Bondi Road are the Waverley Council Chambers, the headquarters of the Waverley Municipality. The present building incorporates the earlier building designed in the Federation Free Classical style. The first chambers -- a smaller building in Gothic Revival style -- were demolished.
- Waverley Park
Immediately behind the Council Chambers is Waverley Park, which includes a war menorial, play area, tennis courts and oval. The war memorial commemorates the men and women of the Waverley area who served in World War Two. It was dedicated on Anzac Sunday, 1956.
- Bondi Waverley School of Arts
This building is situated on the north side of the road and was built in 1914. Run by Waverley Council, it functions as a community centre and is also used by the Waverley Woollahra Arts School.[3]
- Shopping Strip
East of Bennet Street is a shopping strip that includes older shops and dwellings in a mixture of Federation and Victorian styles, plus conspicuous influence of the Arts and Crafts style. There is also a group of three Federation cottages.
- St Patrick's Catholic Church
Located on the corner of Bondi Road and Wellington Street, this church was built in 1929-30. The site was originally occupied by a cottage that was used by Sisters of St Joseph from 1896. Later, a new convent, church and school were built on adjoining land. The church is heritage-listed.[4]
- Royal Hotel
The Royal Hotel is located on the corner of Bondi Road and Denham Street. It was built in 1901-02. In February 1907, the Bondi Surf Bathers' Life Saving Club was formed at a meeting in this hotel, making it the oldest surf life-saving club in the world.[5]
References
- ^ A Pictorial Guide to Identifying Australian Architecture, Apperly (Angus and Robertson) 1994, p.99
- ^ A Pictorial Guide to Identifying Australian Architecture, p.108
- ^ Waverley Council Site
- ^ State Heritage Website
- ^ Royal Hotel Site
