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Parks and gardens of Sydney

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Sydney is well endowed with open spaces and has many natural areas. Many of these exist even within the compact city centre. These include the Chinese Garden of Friendship and Hyde Park (which is named after London's Hyde Park).[1] The metropolitan area contains several national parks, including the Royal National Park, the second oldest national park in the world (after Yellowstone National Park), which occupies an area of 132 square kilometres (51 sq mi; 13,200 ha; 33,000 acres).[2] Completing Sydney's wide array of green spaces, the leader is the Royal Botanic Garden, with its large amount of green spaces, lush plants and colourful flowers.

A fig-lined avenue in Hyde Park, Sydney
The Domain

Although Sydney developed organically after the arrival of the First Fleet, the city parks and open spaces were a part of early town planning to provide relief from the bustle and monotony of the city streets. Hyde Park is the oldest park in the city.

"Lover's Walk", Hyde Park, circa 1912

Largest parks in Sydney metropolitan area

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OrdinalPark nameAreaNotes
haacres
1Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park15,40038,054
2Royal National Park13,20032,618
3Western Sydney Parklands5,28013,047
4Heathcote National Park2,2505,560
5Garigal National Park2,2005,436
6Lane Cove National Park6001,483
7Sydney Harbour National Park4111,016comprising ten smaller parks
8Georges River National Park340840

Largest parks in the City of Sydney area

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Centennial Park
Queen's Park
OrdinalPark nameAreaNotes
haacres
1Centennial Park189467
2Moore Park115284
3Sydney Park45111
4The Domain3484
5Royal Botanic Garden3074


History

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The next major open space in Sydney was the Botanical Garden (now Royal Botanic Gardens), which were established in 1816.[3]

Early activists demanding more public parks were the Parks Preservation Society, which was founded in 1914.[3]

The Parks and Playgrounds Movement of New South Wales was established in Sydney in the early 1930s.[4] The group's first annual meeting was held on the 23 September 1931.[5] The Parks and Playgrounds Movement kept pressure on the Government to provide better planning legislation and arrange for a metropolitan plan for Sydney.[6]: 5  The movement was heavily influenced by "social Darwinism".[3]

Parks and reserves

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The following is an incomplete list of parks and reserves in Sydney:

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Sydney's Hyde Park
  2. ↑ NPWS website, Royal National Park Archived August 20, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  3. 1 2 3 Anne-Maree Whitaker (6 October 2016). "City of Sydney parks". Landscape Australia. Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  4. ↑ "Papers mainly concerning the Parks and Playgrounds Movement, ca. 1932-1977". State Library of NSW.
  5. ↑ "PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS - Aims of Movement". The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 September 1931. p. 10.
  6. ↑ N.AW. ASHTON (1984). Sydney: Village to Metropolis A brief review of planning in the Sydney Region (PDF) (Report). Department of Environment and Planning. ISBN 0724082859. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 May 2025. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  7. ↑ "First Fleet Park". The Rocks. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  8. ↑ "The history of Frog Hollow Reserve". Parks histories. City of Sydney. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  9. ↑ "The history of Harmony Park". Parks histories. City of Sydney. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  10. ↑ "St Leonards Park". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01941. Retrieved 2 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.
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