Bellevue Hill, New South Wales

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

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caption = Cooper Park
lga = Municipality of Woollahra
est =
postcode = 2023
pop =
area =
propval = [http://www.domain.com.au/public/suburbprofile.aspx?mode=rent&suburb=BELLEVUE%20HILL&postcode=2023#mapanchor $3,000,000] (2008)
stategov = Vaucluse
fedgov = Wentworth
near-nw = Edgecliff
near-n = Point Piper
near-ne = Rose Bay
near-w = Double Bay
near-e = North Bondi
near-sw = Woollahra
near-s = Bondi
near-se = Bondi Junction
dist1 = 5
dir1 = east
location1= Sydney CBD

Bellevue Hill is an eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Bellevue Hill is located 5 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Woollahra. [Gregory's Sydney Street Directory, Gregory's Publishing Company, 2007]

History

In the early 1800s, Irish-Australian immigrants referred to the area as Vinegar Hill, after the Battle of Vinegar Hill, an engagement during the 1798 uprising of the "United Irishmen" in south-east Ireland. Governor Lachlan Macquarie took great exception to this and decided to name the suburb Bellevue Hill, the "belle vue" meaning "beautiful view". [The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Frances Pollon, Angus and Robertson, 1990, page 25] Bellevue Hill, however, is well known for being Sydney's wealthiest suburb and Sydney's prime residential address. The historic Queen Anne home "Caerleon" was sold for $22 million in January, 2008. [Sydney Morning Herald, January 25th 2008, page 3]

Heritage

The following buildings are on the Register of the National Estate. [The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company, 1981]
* "Rona", 6 Ginahgulla Road
* "Fairfax House", 17 Ginahgulla Road
* "Rovello", 12 Ginahgulla Road
* "Caerleon", 15 Ginahgulla Road
* House and Gardens, 1 Rose Bay Avenue
* Former Government House, Cranbrook School, Victoria Road
* Sports Pavilion, Cranbrook School, New South Head Road

chools

Bellevue Hill has several schools, including Bellevue Hill Public School and private schools The Scots College and Cranbrook School.

Population

Bellevue Hill is an affluent suburb.

Notable Residents

*Kerry Packer, a businessman who was Australia's richest man at the time of his death in December 2005, made his home at Cairnton on Victoria Road.
*Edmund Capon, the director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, lives in Bellevue Hill.
*Rene Rivkin, the late stockbroker, lived at Carrara, a magnificent home at 5 Rose Bay Avenue, Bellevue Hill. He later moved to Point Piper.
*Charles Blackburn, a famous chancellor of the University of Sydney. Died at his home in Bellevue Hill.
*Alan Kippax, the former Australian Test cricketer and captain of New South Wales. Lived in Bellevue Hill for many years, and died at his home in 1972.
*Lady McMahon, wife of former Prime Minister William McMahon

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