Centennial Park is a large area of parkland in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, Australia, set aside to celebrate the first 100 years of European settlement in Australia. It was the site of the formal proclamation of the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January1901. The park is part of the Centennial Parklands.
Centennial park is 220 ha in area. It covers varied terrain, from low-lying wetlands and ornamental lakes to expanses of grass and playing fields, to pine and native forests. The park was once mostly swampland and was the primary source of fresh water for Sydney in the early 19th century. Sir Henry Parkes dedicated the park in Janurary 1888.
Landmarks in the park include the Grand Drive, a circular ceremonial drive loved by joggers, cyclists and horse riders, and the Federation Pavilion, a monument to the formation of a united Australia.
The surrounding area is a small suburb in its own right, also called Centennial Park.
Born in Warwickshire, England, in 1815, Parkes became a bone and ivory turner, a skilled artisan, and emigrated to NewSouthWales in 1839.
Parkes won a seat in the Legislative Council at the elections of 1854 and two years later he was elected to the newly established Legislative Assembly in the first Parliament under responsible self government.
Parkes convened the 1890 Federation Conference in Melbourne as a precursor to the 1891 National Australasian Convention in Sydney, where the first draft Bill of the Constitution was written.
CentennialPark is a large area of parkland in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney in the state of NewSouthWales, Australia.
CentennialPark is also a small suburb, on the western fringe of the parkland.
CentennialPark was dedicated by Sir Henry Parkes in January 1888 to celebrate the first 100 years of European settlement in Australia and described by him as 'emphatically the people's park'.
Feeds |
Contact