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Iloura Reserve

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Balmain East Peacock Point
Balmain East Peacock Point

Iloura Reserve is a heritage-listed public reserve on the site of a former timber yard at 10-20 Weston Street, Balmain East, Inner West Council, Sydney New South Wales, Australia. Following the resumption of the timber yard for public space in the 1960s, the present reserve was designed and laid out by landscape architect Bruce Mackenzie and constructed in two stages: stage one in 1970 and stage two in 1981. It is also known as Peacock Point and Illoura. The reserve is owned by the Inner West Council. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 29 November 2013.

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Iloura Reserve
Weston Street, Sydney Balmain East

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N -33.8586 ° E 151.1961 °
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2041 Sydney, Balmain East
New South Wales, Australia
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