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Tues-Sun 10am-4.30pm; $6.50. Kings Cross CityRail; bus #311. Barely five minutes' walk northwest of Kings Cross Station, Elizabeth Bay is nevertheless a well-heeled residential area, centred around Elizabeth Bay House at 7 Onslow Ave. The grand Greek Revival villa was built between 1835 and 1839 for Alexander Macleay, Colonial Secretary of New South Wales. The large Macleay family, who arrived from Britain in 1826, were obsessed with botany and etymology, and the original 54-acre waterfront grounds were said to be a botanist's paradise - the Macleay Museum at Sydney University was formed from the Macleays' natural history collection. The views from the windows of the yachts and water of Elizabeth Bay are pretty stunning.
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