Wollstonecraft, New South Wales

Wollstonecraft
	Wollstonecraft; Sydney, New South Wales
	; Wollstonecraft Railway Station
Population:	7,578(2006)
Postcode:	2065
Area:	1.2 km² (0.5 sq mi)
Location:	4 km (2 mi) north of Sydney CBD
LGA:	North Sydney Council
State electorate:	North Shore
Federal Division:	North Sydney
	Suburbs around Wollstonecraft:

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Wollstonecraft /ˈwʊlstən.krɑːft/ is a harbourside suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Wollstonecraft is located 4 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of North Sydney Council.

[edit] History

Wollstonecraft was named after Edward Wollstonecraft, the first settler to receive a land grant of 500 acres (2.0 km²) in the area, in 1821.^[2] Historical records quote him as saying that he left England to escape the notoriety of his aunt Mary Wollstonecraft, the author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.^{[citation needed]} His business associate was Alexander Berry, another prominent resident in the area.^[3]

^ "2006 Census Community Profile Series : Wollstonecraft (State Suburb)". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Accessed 14 October 2009.
^ State Library of New South Wales (1993), Guide to the papers of the Berry, Wollstonecraft and Hay Families, http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2007/D00007/berry1.pdf, retrieved 20 October 2009
^ The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollon, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8

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