the cultural or natural history of New South Wales. Illoura Reserve has rarity value as a Sydney Bush School foreshore park on Sydney Harbour. The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a class of cultural or natural places/environments in New South Wales. Illoura Reserve is a fine example of the Sydney Bush School of landscape architectural design in New South Wales, which had a unique respect for the immediate environment and the characteristic spirit of the broad landscape beyond and found inspiration in the Hawkesbury Sandstone landscape type and its rock formations and flora predominant in the Sydney landscape. Illoura Reserve is important as the first example of the implementation of the Sydney Bush School landscape design philosophy in a public park on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour. See also References Bibliography Attribution External links New South Wales State Heritage Register Parks in Sydney Articles incorporating text from the New South Wales State Heritage Register