Anderson Park, Neutral Bay

Anderson Park
Anderson Park
	Anderson Park path lined with weeping figs
Location	Neutral Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	33°50′24″S 151°12′54″E / 33.84°S 151.215°E
Area	Neutral Bay
Created	8 October 1899
Status	Public

Anderson Park is an urban recreation park located in the Sydney suburb of Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia. The park is located on the shore of the bay in Sydney Harbour from which the suburb is named.

Anderson Park is built on land reclaimed from the bay in the 1890s, and was dedicated on 8 October 1899. It was originally called Warringa Park, but was renamed in 1926 in honor of William Anderson who was the Mayor of the local municipality of North Sydney from 1914 to 1918.^[1]

A floodlit sports field is available for cricket; various codes of football; volleyball; and other activities. There are pathways, sandstone flagging, a depression-era concrete wall and a small beach. The main path through the park is lined with Hill's weeping figs.

Significant events

On 17 July 1934, thousands gathered in Anderson Park to watch as Charles Kingsford Smith and Captain Patrick Gordon Taylor took off from there in their single-engined Lockheed Altair for a promotional flight over Sydney.^[2] Originally, they had planned to take off from the middle of Macquarie Street in Sydney, but when the local council denied permission, they transported their aeroplane by barge to Neutral Bay. The Altair had recently been shipped from America on the deck games court of the SS Mariposa, and had the word "ANZAC" painted on the side, though this had to be covered with brown paper due to Australian law prohibiting the use of this word for commercial purposes.^[3] The aeroplane was hastily renamed the Lady Southern Cross.^[4]

References

^ "William Anderson". Monument Australia. 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
^ "Anderson Park". North Sydney Council. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
^ Crotty, D. (2010). "Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and the Lockheed Altair 'Lady Southern Cross'". Collections. Museum Victoria. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
^ "Charles Kingsford Smith's departure point". North Sydney Council. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.

[1] "William Anderson". Monument Australia. 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.

[2] "Anderson Park". North Sydney Council. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.

[3] Crotty, D. (2010). "Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and the Lockheed Altair 'Lady Southern Cross'". Collections. Museum Victoria. Retrieved 8 January 2020.

[4] "Charles Kingsford Smith's departure point". North Sydney Council. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.

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