Killara is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) north-west of Sydney CBD. Killara is an Aboriginal word meaning permanent or always there. The name of the suburb was chosen when the railway line opened in 1899. James George Edwards was a representative of the people who requested a station be built here. The suburb was established as a ‘Gentlemen’s suburb’, designed so that there would be no commercial ventures in the area. For Killara railway station is on the North Shore Line of the City Rail network. The Pacific Highway is the main road through Killara.

The Swain Gardens were donated to Ku-ring-gai Council by Mr Swain, the Sydney bookseller, in the 1920s, and are today maintained by the council and volunteers. The gardens have been listed by the National Trust of Australia.

The Harry and Penelope Seidler House at 13 Kalang Avenue, as its name suggests, was designed by Harry and Penelope Seidler. The 1960s-era modern-design home, constructed with reinforced masonry walls, concrete floors and roof, rubble-stone retaining walls and fireplace, won the Wilkinson Award in 1967.

Killara is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) north-west of Sydney CBD. Killara is an Aboriginal word meaning permanent or always there. The name of the suburb was chosen when the railway line opened in 1899. James George Edwards was a representative of the people who requested a station be built here. The suburb was established as a ‘Gentlemen’s suburb’, designed so that there would be no commercial ventures in the area. For Killara railway station is on the North Shore Line of the City Rail network. The Pacific Highway is the main road through Killara.

The Swain Gardens were donated to Ku-ring-gai Council by Mr Swain, the Sydney bookseller, in the 1920s, and are today maintained by the council and volunteers. The gardens have been listed by the National Trust of Australia.

The Harry and Penelope Seidler House at 13 Kalang Avenue, as its name suggests, was designed by Harry and Penelope Seidler. The 1960s-era modern-design home, constructed with reinforced masonry walls, concrete floors and roof, rubble-stone retaining walls and fireplace, won the Wilkinson Award in 1967.