Mosman

Mosman is located on the northern shores of Sydney Harbour, in New South Wales, Australia.

The suburb is approximately 10km by road from the central business district of the city of Sydney.

Mosman – which includes Balmoral, The Spit and Clifton Gardens – has an area of 8.5km² with beautiful native bushland, harbour foreshores and beaches.

The natural beauty of Mosman has inspired many of Australia’s artists, including Arthur Streeton, Charles Conder, Margaret Preston and Ken Done.

Mosman is a relatively small Sydney suburb with about 26,000 residents.

The suburb has a regional art gallery – the Mosman Art Gallery – and is home to the famous Taronga Zoo.

Mosman hosts the annual Mosman Festival as well as various other annual events such as the Mudgee Food & Wine Fair, the Lovedale Long Lunch, Shakespeare by the Sea and charity sporting events.

There is also a dynamic shopping strip and restaurants housed in fine examples of Australian Federation architecture.

For more on Mosman, see A History of Mosman, Aboriginal Mosman, Mosman Sporting Wall of Fame and the Mosman Community Profile (PDF) from the 2001 Census.