Castlecrag Sydney, New South Wales
Population:	2,641
Established:	1860s
Postcode:	2068
Area:	1.49 km²
LGA:	City of Willoughby
State District:	Willoughby
Federal Division:	North Sydney
Suburbs around Castlecrag North Willoughby Middle Cove Seaforth Willoughby Castlecrag Seaforth Willoughby Northbridge Beauty Point

Castlecrag is a suburb of historical significance in Middle Harbour on the North Shore of Sydney, Australia, originally planned by architect Walter Burley Griffin. Griffin came to Castlecrag in 1925 after tiring of the politics surrounding implementation of his designs for Australia's capital city, Canberra. It is bounded to the north, east and south by Middle Harbour and to the west by the heavily congested Eastern Valley Way^[1]. The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ... Capital Sydney Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Professor Marie Bashir Premier Morris Iemma (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 50  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $305,437 (1st)  - Product per capita  $45,153/person (4th) Population (End of March 2006)  - Population  6,817,100 (1st)  - Density  8. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... // The First Transcontinental Railroad in the USA is built in the six year period between 1863 and 1869. ... A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z List of postcodes in New South Wales (A-E) List of postcodes in New South Wales (F-M) List of postcodes in New South Wales... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... The Local Government Areas of New South Wales, Australia have been subject to periodic bouts of restructuring and rationalisation by the State Government, involving voluntary and involuntary amalgamation of areas. ... The City of Willoughby is a Local Government Area on the North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... State Electoral District is a term used to refer to a voting area within Australian states. ... Willoughby is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. ... The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ... An Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. ... This is a complete listing of the suburbs and localities in the greater Sydney area in alphabetical order. ... North Willoughby is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Middle Cove is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Seaforth is the name of a suburb in the Northern Beaches area of Sydney, Australia. ... Willoughby is a suburb in the City of Willoughby on the North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Seaforth is the name of a suburb in the Northern Beaches area of Sydney, Australia. ... Willoughby is a suburb in the City of Willoughby on the North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Northbridge is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Beauty Point is a piece of land protruding into the Middle Harbour of Sydney Harbour, Australia. ... Middle Harbour is the name given to the northern arm of Port Jackson in Sydney, Australia. ... The North Shore or Northern Suburbs refers to those suburbs of Sydney, Australia which are located on the north shore of Sydney Harbour, and between Middle Harbour and the Lane Cove River. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ... Walter Burley Griffin and his wife Marion Mahony Griffin, in Sydney in 1930 Walter Burley Griffin (November 24, 1876 - February 11, 1937) was an American architect and landscape architect best known for his role in designing Canberra, Australias capital city. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... For other uses, see Canberra (disambiguation). ... Middle Harbour is the name given to the northern arm of Port Jackson in Sydney, Australia. ...

Early homes in Castlecrag were built using natural stone. They better fit into the environment, this was common practice in architecture of the Arts and Crafts movement^{[citation needed]}. Later homes were built with bricks using Griffin's patented Knitlock system^{[citation needed]}. Artichoke wallpaper, by John Henry Dearle for William Morris & Co. ...

Historically Castlecrag was noted in the early 20th Century as an experiment in communal and community planning and living, and for the liberal intellectual, Theosophical, Anthroposophical and Natural history views of its inhabitants^{[citation needed]}. Seal of the Theosophical Society Theosophy is a body of belief which holds that all religions are attempts by man to ascertain the Divine, and as such each religion has a portion of the truth. ... Based on the ideas of Rudolf Steiners spiritual science, Anthroposophy (based on Greek words meaning man-wisdom) is a philosophy (or, as some opponents claim, a religion) that was born within the setting of Helena Blavatskys Theosophy movement. ... Table of natural history, 1728 Cyclopaedia Natural history is an umbrella term for what are now usually viewed as several distinct scientific disciplines. ...

Today the majority of Castlecrag inhabitants are conservative and affluent. More than half of its households enjoy incomes that are within the top quartile of Sydney ^[2], and this is reflected in the median house price of $1,250,000^[3]. The suburb is noted in recent times for its opposition in the mid 1970s to the Warringah Freeway (Warringah Expressway)^[4], which was originally planned to link the Sydney Harbour Bridge with the Northern Beaches, but today terminates just south of Castlecrag in Naremburn. The Warringah Freeway looking south at its widest point - 16 lanes View of the Warringah Freeway looking north, over the inner western carriageway. ... The Sydney Harbour Bridge is the main crossing of Sydney Harbour carrying rail, vehicular, and pedestrian traffic between the Sydney central business district (CBD) and the North Shore. ... Manly Beach The Northern Beaches is a general term used to describe the northern coastal suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, located near the coast of the Pacific Ocean. ... Naremburn is a neighbourhood in the Willoughby local government area, on the lower North Shore, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ...

Castlecrag shares its postcode, 2068, with the surrounding suburbs of Willoughby, Middle Cove and North Willoughby Northbridge is better. ^[5]. UK and Australian postal codes are known as postcodes. ... Willoughby is a suburb in the City of Willoughby on the North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Middle Cove is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... North Willoughby is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ...

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Coordinates: -33.80137° 151.22007° Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

• Maps and aerial photos
  • Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
  • Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
• Castlecrag, Willoughby City Council - community profile
• Map of Castlecrag
• Knitlock system.
• Biography of Mahony Griffin.
• MS-Word document on "Legacy of the Griffins at Castlecrag, Sydney".
• Castlecrag Progress Association.
• The Haven Amphitheatre, Castlecrag.

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