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opened the Prince Alfred Sidings on the western border of the park. These were closed in June 1995. An ice skating rink existed behind the pool from 1959 until 1997.
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In 1960 the Prince Alfred Park Swimming Pool opened. It was demolished in 2009 as part of a major upgrade of the park and the pool by the
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In December 1865, part of Cleveland Paddocks was gazetted as a public reserve after a local landmark house built in the 1820s named
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opened beneath the park. In 2020 the Inner Sydney High School opened in the south-east corner.
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Tennis courts were opened in 1924 and a swimming pool in 1954. In 1926, the
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Trees from the original 1870 plan of the park still exist, including
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From 1869 until 1881, it hosted the 16:Park in Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia 648:Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan 459: 1083:Parks and gardens in New South Wales 379:Prince Alfred Park Pool nearly ready 673:Bents Basin State Conservation Area 621:In all other local government areas 414:Eastern Suburbs Railway for Sydney 232:New South Wales Government Railways 13: 830:Joseph Banks Native Plants Reserve 14: 1123: 785:Garawarra State Conservation Area 439: 391:Dive into Prince Alfred Park Pool 1112:1865 establishments in Australia 444: 381:City Hub Sydney 22 November 2012 364:Last lap for plain old city pool 289:State Library of New South Wales 196:The park layout was designed by 27: 850:Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park 421: 408: 403:Prince Alfred Park open at last 396: 206:Sydney Intercolonial Exhibition 835:Kamay Botany Bay National Park 750:Central Gardens Nature Reserve 418:issue 502 August 1979 page 173 384: 372: 357: 342: 327: 317:Australian War Memorial Museum 310: 293: 279: 204:. 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Urban Park
Surry Hills
Sydney
Coordinates
33°53′17″S 151°12′18″E / 33.888°S 151.205°E / -33.888; 151.205
City of Sydney
Prince Alfred Park
urban park
Surry Hills
Sydney
Chalmers Street
Cleveland Street
Main Suburban railway line
Cleveland House
Prince Alfred
Sydney
Benjamin Backhouse
Royal Easter Show
Sydney Intercolonial Exhibition
James Cook
Australian War Memorial
Canberra
Moreton Bay fig trees
New South Wales Government Railways
City of Sydney
Eastern Suburbs railway line


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