Discover Milsons Point

Accommodation in Milsons Point

If you first consider the character of a destination when choosing a hotel, Milsons Point offers a clear historical focus: the changes surrounding the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the history of Luna Park. Alfred Street, the Bradfield Park Heritage Walk and Coney Island offer different points of reference. Together, they take you from the development of an important street to memories of former buildings and an attraction that has remained since the park’s opening day. This lets you assess whether this mix of local and construction history suits your travel interests.

Alfred Street and the changes brought by bridge construction

From the 1860s to the 1930s, Alfred Street was an important transport hub. Construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge from 1924 to 1932 transformed the street significantly. Both timeframes are part of a longer development: its importance as a transport hub spanned decades, while the bridge construction mentioned here took place over a clearly defined period. Luna Park is one of three landmarks in Sydney described as particularly enduring. These landmarks are mentioned in connection with the changes to Alfred Street brought about by construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

The Bradfield Park Heritage Walk

The Bradfield Park Heritage Walk recalls the upheaval that bridge construction brought to the local community. Words, images and depictions of the walls and foundations preserved beneath the park shape this interpretive trail. The outlines of former homes and businesses belonging to the Milsons Point community are visible along the trail; the buildings were demolished to make way for the bridge. As a result, the focus is not only on the bridge as a structure, but also on changes to the built environment and the community affected by them.

The walk passes the entrance to Milsons Point railway station and runs alongside the approach walls of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. These feature Art Deco details designed by John Job Crew Bradfield, the bridge’s chief engineer. For those interested in architecture, this offers a specific link between stylistic features and construction history: the details can be found on the walls along a walk that also explores the local upheaval.

Coney Island and Luna Park

Coney Island is the only surviving attraction from Luna Park’s opening day. This connection to a specific date complements the history of Alfred Street: while the street was significantly transformed by the bridge’s construction, Coney Island preserves a link to the park’s opening day. The historical view of Milsons Point therefore encompasses both a street changed by bridge construction and the continuity of a single attraction since the park opened.