Bare Island, Sydney

Name: Bare Island
Address: Sydney, Australia

#654 among attractions in Sydney

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Bare Island is a heritage-listed islet located in south-eastern Sydney, in La Perouse in the City of Randwick local government area in the state of New South Wales, in eastern Australia. The islet is located about 16 kilometres south east of the Sydney central business district, within Botany Bay, close to the bay's northern headland. Containing former fortification facilities, Bare Island was a former war veterans' home and museum and is now a historic site that was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 and is significant as an almost completely intact example of late nineteenth century coastal defence technology. It was designed by Sir Peter Scratchley, Gustave Morell and James Barnet and built from 1881 to 1889 by John McLeod on behalf of the NSW Department of Public Works. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 33°59'32"S, 151°13'52"E

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Eastern Suburbs (La Perouse)Sydney Australia

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Nearby attractions include: Henry Head, New South Wales Golf Club, Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, Fort Banks.

0.6 miSE
Forts and castles
Henry Head, Sydney
16 min walk • The Henry Head Battery is an artillery battery located on the northern side of the entrance to Botany Bay at Henry Head, La Perouse, New South Wales, Australia.
0.8 miE
Golf
New South Wales Golf Club, Sydney
20 min walk • The New South Wales Golf Club is a links-style golf course designed by Alister MacKenzie in December 1926. It consists of 18 holes, two of which are beside the Tasman Sea and Botany Bay.
1.2 miN
Cemetery
Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, Sydney
32 min walk • Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, Eastern Suburbs Crematorium and Botany General Cemetery, is a cemetery and crematorium on Bunnerong Road in Matraville, New South Wales, in the eastern suburbs district of Sydney, Australia.
1.1 miE
Forts and castles
Fort Banks, Sydney
29 min walk • Fort Banks is an old World War II bunker and fortification complex that was used to protect the approaches to Botany Bay. The fortification is located north of Cape Banks in La Perouse, New South Wales, Australia.
0.6 miN
Church
La Perouse Mission Church
16 min walk • The La Perouse Mission Church is a heritage-listed former church building and now vacant building and unused church located at 46 Adina Avenue, La Perouse, City of Randwick, New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1894 to 1930. It is also known as Colebrook Memorial Aboriginal Evangelical Church.
0.4 miS
Dramatic coastline and Aboriginal heritage
Kamay Botany Bay National Park, Sydney
11 min walk • The Kamay Botany Bay National Park is a heritage-listed protected national park that is located in the Sydney metropolitan region of New South Wales, in eastern Australia.