| Type: | suburb |
| Lavender Bay | |
| City: | Sydney |
| State: | nsw |
| Local Map: | yes |
| Zoom: | 14 |
| Lga: | North Sydney Council |
| Postcode: | 2060 |
| Pop: | 941 |
| Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area: | 0.2 |
| Stategov: | North Shore |
| Fedgov: | North Sydney |
| Near-Nw: | North Sydney |
| Near-N: | North Sydney |
| Near-Ne: | North Sydney |
| Near-W: | McMahons Point |
| Near-E: | Milsons Point |
| Near-S: | Dawes Point |
| Dist1: | 3 |
| Dir1: | north |
| Location1: | Sydney CBD |
Lavender Bay is a harbourside suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Lavender Bay is located 3 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of North Sydney Council.
The suburb takes its name from Lavender Bay, a natural feature of Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) immediately west of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It lies between Milsons Point and McMahons Point. The suburb North Sydney is located, to the north. Lavender Bay is a residential suburb with expansive views of Sydney Harbour.
Lavender Bay was named after the Boatswain (bosun), George Lavender, from the prison hulk "Phoenix", which was moored there for many years. The bay is dual-named Gooweebahree,[2] (also sometimes written as Quiberee[3]) in the Dharug language of the local inhabitants, the Cammeraygal people of the Eora nation. The colonists also called it Hulk Bay and sometimes Phoenix Bay. George Lavender lived on 14acres adjacent to the property of Billy Blue.On 30 May 1915 Lavender Bay railway station was opened to take the place of Milsons Point railway station. This only lasted for seven weeks, as passengers refused to alight here and demanded that trains stop at Milsons Point. During the harbour bridge construction, Lavender Bay Station was the terminus for the North Shore Line. The area is now railway storage sidings.[4]
Lavender Bay has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
In the 2016 Census, there were 941 people in Lavender Bay. 57.2% of people were born in Australia and 76.1% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 33.4% and Catholic 26.4%.[1]