Visitors can stroll through the breathtaking Japanese Garden, home to picturesque bridges, koi-filled ponds, and cherry blossoms in bloom. Every August, the garden comes alive with the council’s annual Cherry Blossoms Festival. Other highlights include the Bird Aviary and Fauna Reserve, where native wildlife roams freely, as well as the lush rose and reflection gardens. With picnic areas, walking trails, and seasonal events like the Cherry Blossom Festival, Auburn Botanical Gardens is a perfect destination for families, nature lovers, and photographers alike.

The Auburn Gallipoli Mosque, an Ottoman-style mosque in Sydney’s Auburn, is a significant landmark symbolising the Australian-Turkish connection from the Gallipoli Campaign.
The mosque’s name honours the shared history of Australia and Türkiye, stemming from World War 1’s Gallipoli Campaign. The mosque is based on Istanbul’s Marmara University Faculty of Theology mosque design, with a replica also in Eskisehir, Türkiye. The Auburn Gallipoli Mosque embodies classic Ottoman architecture.
Explore the rich Ottoman-style architecture and learn about the cultural significance of the mosque with a cultural heritage tour.

Jack Lang (1876 to 1975), known as “The Big Fella”, was a dominant and controversial figure in Australian politics. Born in Sydney, he began his career in local government, serving on the Auburn Council, and as its mayor, while also establishing himself in community and cooperative organisations, notably the Starr-Bowkett Ballot and Sale Society. He was associated with St Joseph’s Hospital, and took part in Catholic social life. In 1907 to 1914 he represented Newington Ward on the Auburn Council, and was Mayor in 1909 to 1911, and in 1913 represented the local seat of Granville in the State of New South Wales Parliament.
Lang’s entry into state politics in 1913 as a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, marked the beginning of a significant career. He rapidly became known as a pioneer of social welfare, implementing landmark reforms during his first premiership. These included the 44-hour workweek, child endowment, widows’ pensions, and workers’ compensation, alongside the abolition of secondary school fees.

On the grounds of St Joseph’s Hospital is this lovely building: ‘Duncraggan Hall, a residence designed by Harry Kent. It was built in 1876 in the Victorian Italianate style by John Buchanan, of Scottish descent, who migrated to Sydney with his family in 1842. He eventually became a timber merchant and in 1883, bought land which was part of the Chisholm Estate at Auburn. On this land he built Duncraggan Hall, taking up residence in 1887. The name may have been borrowed from the homestead in Sir Walter Scott’s narrative poem ‘The Lady of the Lake’.
In 1892, due to the depression of the 1890’s, John Buchanan sold the residence and its thirteen acres of land to the Sisters of Charity, who transferred St Joseph’s Hospital, to Duncraggan Hall from Parramatta, where it had been established in 1886 as St Joseph’s Consumptive Hospital.
St Joseph’s continues to operate as a hospital serving the local community of Auburn.

The former Clyde Railway Marshalling Yards, hold significant historical importance as a testament to the progress and expansion of the New South Wales Railway System. This site, once a major centre for railway engineering and carriage building, specialised in wagon repairs and was one of the few large suburban workshops in the state. While only remnants of the yards persist, they highlight the site’s historical function. The yards also illustrate the close relationship between the New South Wales Railways and local industries, as evidenced by the remnant sidings and branch lines that served nearby industrial sites, many of which were involved in railway track and rolling stock production.
The Auburn Maintenance Centre (AMC) continues the Auburn community’s long association with railway history, which began in the 1860s when the New South Wales government sourced rolling stock from local manufacturer Henry Vale & Co. Today, the AMC stands as a state-of-the-art facility, opened in 2010 by John Holland on the site of the former Clyde Marshalling Yards. Operated by Downer Rail, this crucial hub for Sydney Trains maintains the A, B, and M set rail fleets, representing nearly half of Sydney’s passenger trains.