Boronia Park is a waterfront parkland and nature reserve

Nature reserve

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 wholly within the suburb of Hunters Hill

Hunters Hill, New South Wales

Hunters Hill is a suburb in Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Hunters Hill is located 9 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the Municipality of Hunter's Hill.Hunters Hill is situated on a...

, in the Municipality of Hunter's Hill

Municipality of Hunter's Hill

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, New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

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. The park dates back to pre-colonial New South Wales, with original and widely diverse flora and fauna.

...Boronia Park is the best place to gain an idea of Hunter's Hill's pre-European landscape, as it has the largest intact stretch of bushland. Its sandstone slopes carry characteristic open-forest of Eucalyptus piperita, Eucalyptus gummifera and Angophora costata, with a great variety of understorey shrubs and small trees. Towards the top of the slope is an area of Kunzea ambigua shrubland, while Blackbutt, Eucalyptus pilularia grow on the more sheltered aspects, and a small creek tumbles down a steep waterfall to form a pool beside Grey Mangroves along the river's edge...the Turpentine-Ironbark forest's only remnant in Hunters Hill today is a small stand of Syncarpia glomulifera, with some understorey shrubs, near the entrance to Boronia Park...

The park was named after the Boronia ledifolia which is all but extinct, probably due to the introduction of rabbit

Rabbit

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s in the 19th century.

Boronia Park is bordered in Hunters Hill by Park Road to the west, High Street to the north, Ryde Road to the south and the Lane Cove River

Lane Cove River

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 and Boronia Avenue to the east.

Public use and amenities

Three ovals are available for playing various sports and it is also the home of the Hunter's Hill Rugby Union

Rugby union

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 Football Club. The main oval has one grandstand which contains several rows of seats. The third oval is mainly used for All Saints Soccer.

Schools

A school named after the Reserve, the Boronia Park Public School, is located on the east side of Pittwater Road (between Pittwater Road and Earl Street), wholly within the suburb of Hunters Hill. It provides schooling for around 400 pupils of the local area. It prides itself in its beautiful grounds, much of which is shaded by leafy trees which are characteristic of the area.