About Bellevue Hill
- Postcode: 2023
- Population: 10,765
- Municipality: Woollahra Council
Genteel streetscapes, humming cafes and stunning gardens and parks, this leafy and gorgeous suburb might be home to high rollers, but it’s also extremely low key. A small cluster of cafes and delis can be found but most shopping and imbibing is done with a little stroll to the nearby suburbs of Double Bay and Bondi Junction.
Cooper Park offers around 38 acres of pristine greenery, complete with walking tracks, off-leash areas and barbeque facilities. Bellevue Public School offers junior school aged children a pretty place to play and study, while Sydney’s exclusive The Scots College and Cranbrook School are also found within the suburb’s leafy borders.
Immaculately landscaped gardens, rolling lawns and period style mansions are commonplace in this sophisticated part of town. The streets are wide and welcoming with circa 1920 California Bungalows, Georgian and Hamptons style homes sporting fancy extensions and renovations.
Yet despite the finery, Bellevue Hill is about stepping away from the public eye with many houses set back from the street behind high gates.
Bellevue Hill may be moneyed and magnificent but there’s also a generous grace about the area, too. Set up over the Harbour, with winding tree lined streets, this is the suburb you come to escape the trappings of the fast lane – but not forget about them, entirely – thanks to the short trip to the city or Bondi Beach.
In the early 19th century, 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.[3]
Bellevue Hill is well known for being one of Australia's wealthiest suburbs. The historic Queen Anne home Caerleon was sold for $22 million in January 2008.[4] This price was surpassed by the $23 million paid for a mansion in Victoria Road in November 2009. The mansion had previously been used by the French consulate since 1955. The house was bought by Lachlan Murdoch.[5]
Bellevue Hill has several schools, including Bellevue Hill Public School and private schools The Scots College and Cranbrook School.
Key Facts
- Location 5km east from the CBD
- Council- Woollahra
- Surrounding suburbs: Edgecliff, Point Piper, Rose Bay, Double Bay, North Bondi, Woollahra, Bondi, Bondi Junction.
- Postcode 2023