North Bondi has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: •
Ben Buckler Gun Battery • Blair Street:
Bondi Ocean Outfall Sewer • Military Road:
Bondi Sewer Vent Rathouse On 22 March 1944, original members of the
Rats of Tobruk formed the North Bondi Sub-Branch of the
Returned & Services League of Australia and it is still known in modern times as
Tobruk House or
The Rathouse. In 2003, the
New York Times ran an article on
The Rathouse calling it "an ideal beachside hang out."
Ben Buckler Gun Battery The Battery was constructed in 1892 and was intended to protect the colony and the approaches to Sydney Harbour from enemy vessels standing off the coast. During the 1950s the army vacated the premises and the fortification was buried. In the mid-1990s, the site was excavated by Water Board engineers planning to install a new pipeline. The site has been reburied and is currently under Hugh Bamford Reserve.
Tram to North Bondi Tram services to North Bondi from the CBD operated from either
Circular Quay (via
Bridge and
Elizabeth streets) or
Railway Square (via Elizabeth and
Liverpool streets), to
Oxford Street. The line then passed down Oxford Street to
Bondi Junction, where it branched off from Bronte services, to run down Bondi Road to Fletcher Street, Campbell Parade and then to the North Bondi tram terminus. A feature of this line was the large three track terminus cut into a hillside at North Bondi, which opened in 1946, as well as an underpass at 331a Bondi Road. Trams entered onto Campbell Parade via the under pass at a point where Bondi Road was too steep. The underpass and cutting have now been filled in, part of which is now public reserve and units. The line opened in 1884 as a steam tramway to Bondi, then to Bondi Beach in 1894. Electric services commenced in 1902. The line closed in 1960. The tram line followed the current route of
bus route 333 as far as North Bondi. The service also travelled via
Paddington and
Bellevue Hill. Heading south down Elizabeth Street from Circular Quay, the line turned left into
Park Street, then wound through
East Sydney. A feature was the tram only viaduct over Barcom Avenue and Boundary Street in
Darlinghurst as the line headed into MacDonald Street. This viaduct is now a road bridge. The line then travelled to Paddington and down Curlewis Street in Bondi to join the Bondi Beach via the Bondi Junction line on Campbell Parade, to the North Bondi terminus. The line follows approximately the current route of bus route 379. ==Population==