Ku-ring-gai, municipality in southeastern Australia, in the state of New South Wales, part of greater Sydney. Ku-ring-gai lies 20 km (12 mi) north of central Sydney. Covering 8,446 hectares (20,870 acres) and averaging 150 m (500 ft) above sea level, Ku-ring-gai includes the suburbs of Gordon, Turrumurra, Lindfield, Wahroongah, Killara, Pymble, Roseville, and Saint Ives. Ku-ring-gai is a wealthy, mainly residential suburb and it has the most people with university degrees of any Sydney municipality.
Part of Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Ku-ring-gai's main tourist attraction, lies within Ku-ring-gai; the rest of the park lies within Warringah Shire. The park has 100 km (60 mi) of shoreline and consists largely of a forested sandstone area on the southern banks of the Hawkesbury River. There is open rain forest, scrub, heath, and eucalyptus forest, which provide habitat for lyrebirds, swamp wallabies, koalas, and a wide variety of parrots and waterbirds. The park also has examples of Aboriginal art in its sandstone caves. The area was seriously affected by bushfires in 1994.
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