Rofe Park is an area of natural native bushland of approximately 50 acres (20.23 hectares) gifted to the people of Ku-ring-gai by the Rofe family in 1927. Located on the northern shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, the park is part of an unbroken three-kilometre-long stretch of bushland (Sheldon Forest, Rofe Park and Comenarra Creek Reserve) that connects the Pacific Highway with Lane Cove National Park in South Turramurra.

Heritage Listing Nomination

In 2020 the group Friends of Mimosa, Rofe Park and Sheldon Forest nominated Rofe Park for Heritage listing with Ku-ring-gai Council. The nomination was unsuccessful. The response from the council Heritage Reference Committee was that Rofe Park “is included within a Greenweb and Biodiversity protection zone and that a heritage listing could not really offer any additional protection.” *

The public philanthropy and care for the environment shown by the Rofe family is rare in our society. The centenary of the opening of Rofe Park will be on 24th May 2027.

See here for Rofe Park’s History

 *From the minutes 8 Sept 2020.