Warrawee, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Warrawee
city = Sydney
state = nsw


caption = Ku-ring-gai area
lga = Ku-ring-gai Council
postcode = 2074
est = early 1800s
pop = 2,257
area = 1.33
propval = $780,000
stategov =
fedgov =
near-nw = Wahroonga
near-n = Wahroonga
near-ne = Turramurra
near-w = Wahroonga
near-e = Turramurra
near-sw = Wahroonga
near-s = Turramurra
near-se = Turramurra
dist1 = 21
dir1 = north-west
location1= Sydney CBD

Warrawee is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Warrawee is located 21 kilometres north-west of the Sydney Central Business District in the local government area of Ku-ring-gai Council. [Gregory's Sydney Street Directory, Gregory's Publishing Company, 2007, Map 222] Warrawee is predominantly a residential area with few commercial entities.

History

Warrawee is believed to have come from an Aboriginal word meaning "rest a while", "stop here" or "to stand".

In 1888, the public servant and patron of exploration Frederick Ecclestone du Faur built his house Pibrac in Pibrac Avenue. The house was designed by John Horbury Hunt, a Canadian architect who settled in Australia and favoured the Arts and Crafts style, modified with the North American taste for shingles. Later alterations were carried out by B.J.Waterhouse. The house is composed predominantly of timber, with extensive use of timber shingles, on a sandstone base. It is considered a good example of Hunt's work and is listed on the Register of the National Estate. [The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company, 1981, p.2/33]

Transport

The Pacific Highway is the main arterial road. Warrawee railway station is on the North Shore Line of the City Rail network. The railway station built in 1900 was last one built on the North Shore Line before it was extended to North Sydney. Local residents had to fight the railway commissioners for a train station, that is only one kilometre from Wahroonga.

chools

The Knox Grammar School (Senior School) campus is situated to the south of the train line, just under a minute's walk from the station. Warrawee Public School is situated about 0.5 kilometres to the south of the station, on the Pacific Highway. [Gregory's Sydney Street Directory, Map 222]

Notable residents

* Sir Charles Mackeller and his daughter, poet Dorothea Mackellar.
* Christopher Wheeler - Olympic Pole Vault Champion

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