El Alamein Fountain
The El Alamein Memorial Fountain is a heritage-listed fountain and war memorial located at Macleay Street in the inner Sydney locale of Kings Cross, New South Wales, Australia.- Type: Fountain
- Description: WWII memorial fountain in Kings Cross, Sydney, Australia
- Also known as: “Fitzroy Gardens Group”, “King’s Cross Fountain”, and “The El Alamein Memorial Fountain”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Elizabeth Bay House and Australian Museum.
Elizabeth Bay House
Museum
Photo: Shkuru Afshar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Elizabeth Bay House is a heritage-listed Australian Colonial Regency style house and grotto in the inner Sydney suburb of Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales. Elizabeth Bay House is situated 330 metres northeast of El Alamein Fountain.
Australian Museum
Museum
Photo: J Bar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Australian Museum, originally known as the Colonial Museum and Sydney Museum, is a state public museum in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is operated and funded as a cultural institution by the state government of New South Wales. Australian Museum is situated 1 km west of El Alamein Fountain.
Kings Cross railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nick-D, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kings Cross railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Eastern Suburbs line, serving the Sydney suburb of Kings Cross. It is served by Sydney Trains T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line services and Sydney Trains South Coast Line services. Kings Cross railway station is situated 320 metres southwest of El Alamein Fountain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include City East and Woolloomooloo.
City East
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
Immediately to the east of the City Centre and also adjacent to City South is an area of laneways, nightlife, cafes, pubs, bars and entertainment and sometimes referred to as the "Inner East". it is an area where many choose to stay, and many more visit.
Woolloomooloo
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.1 au.
Woolloomooloo is a harbourside, inner-city eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1.5 kilometres east of the central business district, in the local government area of the City of Sydney.
City Centre
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
The Sydney City Centre was where Governor Arthur Phillip first raised the British flag on Australian soil in January 1788, the earliest site of European settlement in Australia.
El Alamein Fountain
- Category: war memorial
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-33.87288° or 33° 52′ 22″ southLongitude
151.22505° or 151° 13′ 30″ eastOpen location code
4RRH46GG+R2OpenStreetMap ID
node 12121988077OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=fountainWikidata ID
Q5350715
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“El Alamein Fountain” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نافورة العلمين”
- Chinese: “阿莱曼喷泉”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نافورة العلمين”
- Spanish: “El Alamein Fountain”
- Spanish: “Fuente de El Alamein”
- Turkish: “El Alamein Çeşmesi”
- Turkish: “El Alamein Fountain”
- Urdu: “العالمین فوارہ”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kings Cross Market and Kings Cross Police.
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