College Street is a major street in the
central business district
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of
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mounta ...
in
New South Wales
)
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,
Australia
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. From north to south, it runs from east of Queens Square and
St James station to start at the junction of the Prince Albert, St Marys, and Art Gallery roads and runs to
Whitlam Square
Whitlam Square, a road junction located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, constitutes an important intersection of major streets in the south-eastern portion of the city's central business district. The square is named in honour of G ...
, at
Liverpool Street. The street gets its name from a college on the street,
St. Mary’s Cathedral College. The street runs beside the eastern border of
Hyde Park, and is lined by the
Australian Museum
The Australian Museum is a heritage-listed museum at 1 William Street, Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia. It is the oldest museum in Australia,Design 5, 2016, p.1 and the fifth oldest natural history museum in the ...
,
Sydney Grammar School
(Praise be to God)
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, type = Independent, day school
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, headmaster = R. B. Malpass
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,
Cook and Phillip Park Aquatic and Fitness Centre
Cook and Phillip Park Aquatic and Fitness Centre is a recreational facility in the Central Business District of Sydney.
It was co-designed by architect Lawrence Nield of Bligh Voller Nield and landscape architect Spackman Mossop and has bee ...
,
St Mary's Cathedral, and Australian International College.
An
electric tramway
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formerly ran down College St. It was closed in 1960.
[Keenan, D. ''Tramways of Sydney''. Transit Press 1979]
See also
References
{{Streets of Sydney Australia
Streets in Sydney