Royal Art Society of New South Wales

The Royal Art Society of New South Wales, or Royal Art Society of NSW, was established in 1880 as the Art Society of New South Wales by a group of artists including Arthur and George Collingridge, with the aim of creating an Australian school of painting, and separate from the NSW Academy of Art.

Type: Building
Description: Australian art school
Address: 25-27 Walker Street

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include North Sydney railway station and Christ Church, Lavender Bay.

North Sydney railway station

Railway station

Photo: Gareth, CC BY-SA 3.0.

North Sydney railway station is a suburban railway station located on the North Shore line, serving the Sydney suburb of North Sydney, the main Business District on Sydney's Lower North Shore. North Sydney railway station is situated 140 metres northwest of Royal Art Society of New South Wales.

Christ Church, Lavender Bay

Church

Christ Church, Lavender Bay is an Anglican church in the Sydney suburb of Lavender Bay, New South Wales, Australia, just north of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The church is listed on the Register of the National Estate. Christ Church, Lavender Bay is situated 100 metres southwest of Royal Art Society of New South Wales.

Brett Whiteley House

House

Photo: Sardaka, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Brett Whiteley House is a heritage-listed arts and crafts studio and residence in Lavender Bay, New South Wales, Australia. It was built during 1905 by Henry Green. Brett Whiteley House is situated 150 metres south of Royal Art Society of New South Wales.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Sydney and Kirribilli.

North Sydney

Town

Photo: MDRX, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Lower North Shore is the metropolitan area on the northern shore of Sydney Harbour and is surrounded by Middle Harbour to the east and Lane Cove River to the west. The region extends as far north as Chatswood, where beyond that is the Upper North Shore.

Kirribilli

Suburb

Photo: Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kirribilli is a suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. One of the city's most established and affluent neighbourhoods, it is located three kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area…