North Head, New South Wales
| Sydney Heads | |
| North Head, South Head, Middle Head, and the Heads | |
| Headlands | |
 The Sydney CBD skyline seen from North Head
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| Country | Australia |
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| State | New South Wales |
| Region | Metropolitan Sydney |
| Location | Port Jackson |
| - coordinates | 33°50′12″S 151°16′52″E / 33.836772°S 151.281052°ECoordinates: 33°50′12″S 151°16′52″E / 33.836772°S 151.281052°E |
| Founded | 4 April 1975 |
| Management | Sydney Harbour National Park |
The Sydney Heads (also simply known as the Heads) are a series of headlands that form the 2 km (1.2 mi) wide entrance to Sydney Harbour in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. North Head and Quarantine Head are to the north; South Head and Dunbar Head are to the south; and Middle Head, Georges Head, and Chowder Head are to the west and within the harbour. The Heads are contained within the Sydney Harbour National Park.
Some features located on the heads are listed on the Australian Heritage Database; such as the Hornby Lighthouse, located on South Head, Australia's third-oldest lighthouse; and Macquarie Lighthouse, Australia's first lighthouse, located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to the south on Dunbar Head.
North Head is a headland south-east of the suburb of Manly. It is part of Sydney Harbour National Park. The headland is a promontory of sandstone and is 3.85 square kilometres (1.49 sq mi) in area.
The heritage-listedSydney Quarantine station is located on North Head and is one of the few still-existing facilities that once operated in each state of Australia until the 1980s. From 1828, Spring Cove, on the western side of North Head, was used to quarantine new arrivals to Sydney to minimise the spread of communicable diseases such as smallpox and whooping cough. In 1832, the whole area of North Head was set aside for a quarantine station. A permanent quarantine facility was set up in 1837 and continued to operate until 1984.
The site contains the remnants of Colonial (Colony of New South Wales) period buildings and equipment which were the best available means of combating major contagious diseases and hygiene-related conditions brought to the colony by ship. Soon after Federation the Commonwealth Government initiated a major building and infrastructure program which also remains largely intact today. This program included similar, but smaller, quarantine stations around Australian ports, of which North Head is the only remaining example. This site dealt with major shipping-related epidemic outbreaks which took place up until the 1940s. As such, the quarantine complex represents on of the most complete collection of buildings, equipment and a setting showing how life was lived among the struggles and successes in public health of Australia's past.
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