Luna Park Precinct; Entrance Face and Towers; Crystal Palace; Coney Island; Alfred Street Entrance; Wild Mouse; Sandstone cliff;
Type
State heritage (complex / group)
Designated
5 March 2010
Reference no.
1811
Type
Funfair
Category
Recreation and Entertainment
Builders
Stuart Brothers Ltd
David Atkins
Ted ('Hoppy') Hopkins
Luna Park Sydney is a heritage-listed amusement park located at 1 Olympic Drive in the harbourside suburb of Milsons Point, New South Wales, Australia, on the northern shore of Sydney Harbour. The amusement park is owned by the Luna Park Reserve Trust, an agency of the Government of New South Wales. It is one of Sydney's most famous landmarks and has had a significant impact on culture through the years, including being featured as a filming location for several movies and television shows.
It is one of two amusement parks in the world that are protected by government legislation, namely the Luna Park Site Act 1990 which specifically protects the site and sets it aside for the purpose of an amusement park.[1] Several of the buildings on the site are also listed on the (now defunct) Register of the National Estate and the New South Wales State Heritage Register.
The park was constructed during 1935, approximately 600 metres (2,000 ft) from the northern approaches of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It was an extremely popular attraction during World War II and the post-war period. The park suddenly closed in mid-1979 after the Ghost Train fire which killed six children and one adult. Most of the park was demolished and a new one was constructed, which operated for a brief time as Harbourside Amusement Park before the name was reverted. The park was closed again in 1988 as an independent engineering inspection determined that several rides needed urgent repair. The owners failed to repair and reopen the park before a Government of New South Wales deadline, and ownership was passed to a new body.
The park reopened in 1995, but closed yet again within thirteen months due to noise complaints about the Big Dipper rollercoaster from local residents, which led to reduced hours and a drop in attendance that made the park unsustainable to run. Luna Park opened only sporadically for the next nine years, including for special charity events and as a filming location. After another redevelopment, it reopened in 2004 and has continued operating ever since.
^"Luna Park Site Act 1990". AustLii. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
LunaParkSydney is a heritage-listed amusement park located at 1 Olympic Drive in the harbourside suburb of Milsons Point, New South Wales, Australia...
The Sydney Ghost Train fire at LunaParkSydney in Milsons Point, New South Wales, Australia killed seven people (six children and one adult) on 9 June...
LunaPark is a name shared by dozens of currently operating and defunct amusement parks. They are named after, and partly based on, the first Luna Park...
relocated to Sydney, with LunaParkSydney opened in October 1935. In March 1928, F.S. Gordon presented a proposal to establish an amusement park to the Glenelg...
Melbourne by Able Leisure Pty. Ltd the ride was originally installed at LunaParkSydney in 1995 as the Big Dipper before being sold and relocated to Dreamworld...
Train Fire", which directly implicated Saffron in an arson plot at LunaParkSydney in 1979, resulting in the deaths of seven people, including six children...
Motorway. The developers sought to provide an alternative to the troubled LunaParkSydney, which had opened and closed multiple times in its recent history....
list of amusement parks and theme parks that have been closed, demolished, or abandoned: LunaPark, Cairo (1911–1915) Kigali Park, Rwanda Ratanga Junction...
Agricultural Society Showground), Moore Park KAOS-Indoor Amusement arcade LunaParkSydney Manly Waterworks Sega World Sydney (defunct) Royal Easter Show, Homebush...
coaster to be built. The large smiling face entrance is loosely based on LunaParkSydney in Australia. After riders have boarded, the restraints are secure...
Top Sydney) is a multi-purpose entertainment venue located within LunaParkSydney. Opening in 2004, the venue was a part of the amusement park’s 2003...
have taken place at various independently owned amusement parks, water parks or theme parks. This list is not intended to be a comprehensive list of every...
Parkinson, Andrew (29 November 2016). "George Kambosos Jnr ready for LunaPark rumble". theleader.com.au. Hamilton-Irvine, Gary (5 December 2016). "Boxing:...
"Private Twin". OK!. June 30, 2009. "Olsen twins: We won't act again". The Sydney Morning Herald. March 7, 2012. "Mary-Kate, Ashley Olsen 'want to launch...
major interests: Sydney'sLunaPark and the entertainer Tiny Tim. Sharp's involvement as an artist, in the restoration of LunaParkSydney in the early 1970s...
album by free jazz drummer Whit Dickey Big Top Sydney, an entertainment and concert venue in LunaPark, Sydney Big Top Pee-wee, the 1988 movie with Pee-wee...
LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park (Middletown, Ohio, United States)". rcdb.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08. "Wild Mouse - LunaPark (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)"...
Ocean Park Hong Kong, commonly known as Ocean Park, is a marine mammal park, oceanarium, animal theme park and amusement park situated in Wong Chuk Hang...
Global Information
