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North Sydney Sydney, New South Wales
North Sydney from the air
Population:	61,802(LGA)
Postcode:	2060
Location:	3 km (2 mi) from CBD
LGA:	North Sydney Council
State District:	North Shore
Federal Division:	North Sydney
Suburbs around North Sydney: Crows Nest Cammeray Cammeray Waverton North Sydney Neutral Bay McMahons Point Lavender Bay Milsons Point

Looking south towards the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

North Sydney's high-rise commercial district.

North Sydney is a suburb and commercial district on the lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. North Sydney is located 3 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district^[1] and is the administrative centre for the local government area of North Sydney Council.

The commercial district of North Sydney includes the second largest concentration of office buildings in New South Wales, with a large representation from the advertising and information technology industries. Advertising, marketing businesses and associated trades such as printing have tradionally dominated the business life of the area though these have been supplanted to a certain extent by information technology businesses. Corporations whose offices are in North Sydney include Cisco Systems, Sun Microsystems, AGL, AAMI and until October 2007, Optus.

Unlike other major suburban hubs within the Sydney metropolitan area, North Sydney has limited shopping facilities and almost no Sunday trading. There are no department stores and only two medium sized supermarkets (Aldi & IGA). The main shopping complex is the Greenwood Plaza, which is connected to North Sydney station.^[2] Berry Square is another shopping centre in Berry Street, formerly known as North Sydney Shopping World.^[3][4]

North Sydney is directly linked to the Sydney CBD by road and rail across the Sydney Harbour Bridge. North Sydney railway station is on the North Shore Line of the City Rail network. The Warringah Freeway links North Sydney south to the Sydney CBD and north to Chatswood, New South Wales.

Primary schools include North Sydney Demonstration School and St Marys catholic School. High schools include the public North Sydney Boys High School and North Sydney Girls High School, the Catholic Marist College North Shore and Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College and independent schools Wenona School and Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore).

St Aloysius' College of Milson's Point and Loreto Kirribilli are also within the confines of the North Sydney Local Government Area. Post-secondary education providers include the Australian Catholic University, Raffles College of Design and Commerce and Billy Blue College.

Prominent places of worship in the suburb include St Mary's Catholic Church and St Thomas Anglican Church.

A WWI German Field Gun near North Sydney Oval. The State War Trophy Committee allocated the gun to Council in 1921. It was unveiled by Major-General Sir Granville Ryrie[1].

• Museum at Mary MacKillop Place, which tells the story of Australia's leading candidate for canonization as a Catholic saint
• Don Bank Museum, devoted to the history of the local area
• Greenwood Plaza shopping complex, built under the historic Greenwood Hotel (formerly a public school, founded 1878 and renamed after its Principal)
• North Sydney Railway Station
• North Sydney Oval
• Stanton Library

The following buildings are on the Register of the National Estate: ^[5]

• Christchurch, Walker and Lavendar Streets
• Church of England Rectory, Lavendar Street
• St Francis Xavier's War Memorial Church, Mackenzie Street
• St Francis Xavier's Presbytery, Mackenzie Street
• St Francis Xavier's Church School Hall, Mackenzie Street
• Chinese Christian Church, Alfred Street
• Former North Sydney Technical School (now Greenwood Hotel), Blue Street
• St Peter's Presbyterian Church and Manse, Blues Point Road
• Graythwaite, Union Street
• St Thomas's Church of England, West and Church Streets
• St Thomas's Kindergarten Hall, Church and McLaren Streets
• St Thomas's Church Rectory, McLaren Street
• Don Bank, Napier Street
• North Sydney Post Office, Pacific Highway and Mount Street
• Houses: 11-37 Walker Street and 20-30 Walker Street
• Mercedes, 9 Walker Street

Mary Mackillop Memorial Chapel, Mount Street	Rocklea Grange, Edward Street	St Francis Xavier Church, Mackenzie Street	St Francis Xavier Parish Centre, Mackenzie Street
Mercedes, a Gothic Revival home, 9 Walker Street	Graithwaite, Union Street	North Sydney Post Office, Pacific Highway	Former Technical College (now Greenwood Hotel), Blue Street

• North Sydney Bears (rugby league team based in the area)
• North Sydney Cricket Club
• Northern Suburbs Rugby Club
• UTS Northern Suburbs Athletic Club
• Gordon-North Sydney Hockey Club

• Billy Blue - a convict after which several places were named such as Blues Point
• Henry Lawson - poet

The local government area of North Sydney Council includes the suburb of North Sydney and the surrounding suburbs of Crows Nest, Wollstonecraft, Waverton, Neutral Bay, McMahons Point, Kirribilli, Cremorne (divided between North Sydney & Mosman), and Cammeray.

1. ^ Gregorys Street Directory, Gregorys Publishing Company, 2007
2. ^ www.greenwoodplaza.com.au
3. ^ www.northsydneysw.com.au
4. ^ The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Francis Pollon, Angus and Robertsons, 1990
5. ^ The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company, 1981

• North Sydney, New South Wales is at coordinates 33°50′23″S 151°12′20″E / -33.83965, 151.20541Coordinates: 33°50′23″S 151°12′20″E / -33.83965, 151.20541
• Monte Sant'Angelo Mercy College
• Wenona School
• Marist College North Shore
• North Sydney Boys High School
• North Sydney Girls High School
• Billy Blue College & Billy Blue Creative
• 2001 Census Information