Centennial Park and Moore Park Trust

Centennial Park
Centennial Park
Location of the Centennial Park in Sydney
Type	Urban park
Location	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	33°53′56″S 151°13′55″E / 33.899°S 151.232°E / -33.899; 151.232Coordinates: 33°53′56″S 151°13′55″E / 33.899°S 151.232°E / -33.899; 151.232
Area	360 hectares (890 acres)
Created	1816
Founder	Governor Lachlan Macquarie
Operated by	Centennial Park and Moore Park Trust trading as the Botanic Gardens and Centennial Parklands
Open	Dawn to dusk
Status	Open all year
Designation	New South Wales Heritage Register
Public transit access	Sydney Trains: Bondi Junction; Sydney Buses: Route #380
Website	www.centennialparklands.com.au

Moore Park
The rotunda at Moore Park (west)
Type	Urban park
Location	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	33°53′48″S 151°13′12″E / 33.89655°S 151.21998°E / -33.89655; 151.21998
Area	115 hectares (280 acres)
Created	1869
Status	Open all year
Designation	New South Wales Heritage Register

Queen's Park
Queen's Park looking north towards Bondi Junction
Type	Urban park
Location	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	33°54′04″S 151°14′53″E / 33.901°S 151.248°E / -33.901; 151.248
Area	26 hectares (64 acres)
Created	1888
Status	Open all year

Centennial Parklands is the name given to a group of three urban parklands located in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Comprising about 360 hectares (890 acres), the lands encompass the Centennial Park, the Moore Park and the Queen's Park]. The Parklands are listed on the New South Wales Heritage Register, with various components of national, state or local heritage significance. The parks are contained within the local government areas of City of Randwick, Waverley Municipal Council, and City of Sydney.

The parklands are managed by the Centennial Park and Moore Park Trust, trading as the Botanic Gardens and Centennial Parklands. The Trust is administered by the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, an agency of the Government of New South Wales.

The Parklands are constructed on lands that were traditionally in the custody of the Gadigal indigenous Australian people and are located between 3 to 6 kilometres (1.9 to 3.7 mi) south-east of the Sydney central business district.

From 1882, part of the Parklands were used to house the Sydney Showground, the home of the popular Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales' annual Easter Show, attracting up to 1 million people annually to the precinct. During the 1970s, it was recognised that the Showground facilities required significant investment. In 1988, a decision was made to relocate the Showground facilities to land adjacent to Homebush Bay, and seven years later, it was resolved to redevelop the Moore Park Showground site into a movie production studio. The final Royal Easter Show held at Moore Park concluded during 1997.