Lane Cove
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Lane Cove Sydney, New South Wales |
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Lane Cove Plaza
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| Population | 9,474 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 3,790/km2 (9,820/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2066 | ||||||||||||
| Area | 2.5 km2 (1.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Location | 9 km (6 mi) north-west of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Municipality of Lane Cove | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Lane Cove, Willoughby | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | North Sydney | ||||||||||||
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Lane Cove is a suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Lane Cove is nine kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the Municipality of Lane Cove. It is a slow and quiet suburb. Serviced by schools, shops, cafes, restaurants, medical and dental services, recreational facilities and buses. Lane Cove West and Lane Cove North are separate suburbs.
Lane Cove occupies a peninsula on the northern side of Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour), at the opening of the Lane Cove River. It is adjacent to the Lower North Shore suburbs of Riverview, Longueville, Willoughby and Artarmon. The regional administrative and shopping hub of Chatswood is located 2.5 kilometres away.
There are a number of possibilities of the origin of the name 'Lane Cove'. The first written use of the name was by Lieutenant William Bradley after he had just sailed along the river in 1788. Some have argued that it was named after Lieutenant Michael Lane, a respected cartographer, who had once worked with Captain Cook. Others say that it was in honour of John Lane, who was the son of the London Lord Mayor at the time as well as a good friend of the first Governor, Arthur Phillip. In any case, the name stuck, and by the 1800s was being used to refer to all the land north of the river.
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