Jessie Street Gardens
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Location in the Sydney central business district | |
Type | Urban park |
Location | Loftus Street, Sydney central business district, near Circular Quay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Coordinates | 33°51′45″S 151°12′37″E / 33.8624°S 151.2102°E |
Opened | 7 December 1990 (by Lady Candy Bingham) |
Operated by | City of Sydney |
Status | Open all year |
The Jessie Street Gardens is an urban park in Loftus Street, in the Sydney central business district, near Circular Quay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The park is named in honour of Jessie Street, a leading Australian women's rights activist.
The park was developed in 1989 from empty land remaining after the demolition of the Goldsborough Mort wool brokers building. It was provisionally named Gateway Park.[1] When the official naming of the park was discussed, two suggestions were made: Street, and Mary Reibey. The Geographical Names Board of New South Wales approved Street's name and the park was duly renamed in 1990.[1]
The gardens were officially opened on 7 December 1990 by Lady Candy Bingham, the wife of Jeremy Bingham, the Lord Mayor of Sydney at the time. Street's son Sir Laurence Street was also present.[2] Within the gardens stand the Pioneer Women's Memorial, and the NSW Ex-Servicewomen’s Memorial.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "History of Jessie Street Gardens". Park histories. City of Sydney. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- ^ Design, UBC Web. "Jessie Street Gardens Monument Australia". monumentaustralia.org.au. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
External links
- Radi, Heather (2002). "Street, Lady Jessie Mary (1889–1970)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 16. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
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