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Darlinghurst is an inner eastern suburb of Sydney, Australia. The suburb is named after Elizabeth Darling, the wife of Ralph Darling, who was the Governor of the state of New South Wales during the early 19th century. It is located wholly within the local government area of the City of Sydney. Once a slum (in the 1920s) and a red-light prostitution district, as of the 1990s and early 2000s, it has undergone urban renewal and become a rather upmarket, cosmopolitan and diverse area. Sydney Harbour looking south from the vicinity of the Sydney Harbour Bridge towards the CBD skyline; the Opera House is visible in the background on the left. ...
General Sir Ralph Darling, GCH (1775 - Brighton, 2 April 1858) was a British colonial Governor and the seventh Governor of New South Wales (from 19 December 1825 to 22 October 1831). ...
List of Governors of New South Wales See Governors of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Governor. ...
Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Nickname: First State, Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Governor Premier Const. ...
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The City of Sydney comprises the central business district and surrounding Inner West suburbs of the greater metropolitan area of Sydney, Australia. ...
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The area is most famous for the annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. The parade which marks the end of this festival takes place on Oxford Street, the main street that runs through several suburbs, including Darlinghurst. Darlinghurst has two of Sydney's museums: the Australian Museum (a natural history museum) and the Sydney Jewish Museum. The suburb also includes St Vincents Hospital, and is associated with the Sacred Heart Hospital on Victoria St, and the Garvan Institute, a medical research institute. The Darlinghurst Court House at Taylor Square is one of Sydney's most historic buildings. It is adjacent to the also historic Darlinghurst Gaol, which is now the East Sydney campus of the Sydney Institute of Technology. The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is a parade and pride festival for the gay and lesbian community, held annually in Sydney, Australia. ...
The Australian Museum is the oldest museum in Australia, centering on natural history and anthropology, with collections centering on vertebrate and invertebrate zoology, as well as minerology, palaeontology, and anthropology. ...
Natural history is an umbrella term for what are now usually viewed as a number of distinct scientific disciplines. ...
Taylor Square is a major road junction in Sydney, Australia at the corner of Oxford Street and Flinders Street, on the border of the suburbs of Darlinghurst and Surry Hills. ...
Darlinghurst Gaol was an Australian prison located in Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia. ...
TAFE New South Wales Sydney Institute[1] (formerly The Sydney Institute of Technology) is the institute of Technical and Further Education (TAFE) colleges serving the inner Sydney area. ...
Political issues The area has often been a battleground between the two councils of the City of Sydney and the City of South Sydney. Most of the suburb belonged to South Sydney, however the New South Wales State Government moved the borders repeatedly in order to change the make-up of the city of Sydney. Many claim that these shifts have been attempted to shift the balance of power in the favour of the party in control of the State Government. The City of Sydney comprises the central business district and surrounding Inner West suburbs of the greater metropolitan area of Sydney, Australia. ...
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This battle has become a moot point however, with the two councils forced to amalgamate in February 2004 by the State Government. An election was held on Saturday, 27 March 2004, in order to elect a new council for the new (expanded) city of Sydney. Critics of the amalgamation have claimed that the election demonstrated strong voter backlash against the State Government for pressing the issue. The Australian Labor Party, for whom the area was usually safe, had their primary vote reduced to approximately 20%. The independent Clover Moore took the Lord Mayoral position, having campaigned against the Government's dismissal of the Council. Amalgamation, meaning to combine or unite into one form, has several uses: In chemistry, amalgamation is the blending of two elements, and usually an amalgam is a metallic alloy with the element mercury, often used in tooth fillings. ...
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The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ...
Clover Moore is an Australian independent politician. ...
Councillor Patrick (Pat) John Stannard, Lord Mayor of Oxford (2004). ...
At a federal level, Darlinghurst falls in the electorate of the Division of Sydney. It is currently held by the Australian Labor Party. The Division of Sydney is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. ...
Local landmarks
This large sandstone penal complex in the middle of Darlinghurst was built between 1836 and 1840. Th large sandstone walls still bear convict markings, and the complex features six wings surrounding a circular chapel. Australian poet Henry Lawson spent time incarcerated here during some of the turbulent years of his life. The site is now open to the public as the Sydney Institute of Technology. The last hanging at the gaol was in 1907 (Jahn, 1997). Captain Lightfoot, a bushranger, was hanged outside the gaol, on Forbes St, Darlinghurst. Darlinghurst Gaol was an Australian prison located in Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia. ...
Henry Lawson (17 June 1867, Grenfell goldfields, New South Wales - 2 September 1922, Sydney) was an Australian writer and poet. ...
TAFE New South Wales Sydney Institute[1] (formerly The Sydney Institute of Technology) is the institute of Technical and Further Education (TAFE) colleges serving the inner Sydney area. ...
Darlinghurst Courthouse Darlinghurst Courthouse is an imposing sandstone building on Taylor Square. It was designed by architect Mortimer Lewis (1796 - 1879) in 1844, and has a Greek Revival style facade. The central block is adapted from an 1823 design in Peter Nicholson's 'The New Practical Builder' (Apperly, Irving & Reynolds, 1989)
Oxford St Oxford St is the major commercial street of Darlinghurst, running from the south-east corner of Hyde Park, through to Taylor Square and beyond through Paddington, Woollahra and Bondi Junction. Oxford St was originally called the South Head Road, and work was commenced on the road in 1811 (Faro, 2000). Oxford St assumed it's current name in 1875.
Stanley St Stanley St is known as the Little Italy of Sydney. There are more quality Italian restaurants here then anywhere else in Sydney. Restaurants range from basic to upmarket. The majority of the restaurants have outdoor seating which creates a wonderful atmosphere in the evenings. There is an annual Italian Festival held every June. Image File history File links This is a picture of Stanley Street in Darlinghurst Sydney. ...
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The Horizon This 43-storey tower looms over the surrounding neighbourhood in Darlinghurst. It has a distinctive scalloped facade, and is finished in rendered concrete. Located at 184 Forbes St, Darlinghurst, the controversial tower was completed in 1998. Controversy stemmed from the height of the building, and the shadowing effects on surrounding buildings. The building was designed by Sydney architect, Harry Seidler.
Darlinghurst Fire Station Completed in 1912, this three-storey brick and stone building occupies a prominent location at the corner of Darlinghurst Rd and Victoria St. It was designed 1910 by Walter Liberty Vernon (Jahn, 1997). It still functions as a fire station.
Transport Darlinghurst is well-served by public transport, with many bus routes from the Eastern Suburbs converging on Oxford Street prior to entering the central business district. The 380 bus between Circular Quay and Bondi Beach travels through Darlinghurst along Oxford Street. The 378 bus between Railway Square and Bronte also travels through Darlinghurst along Oxford Street. The 392, 394, 396 and 399 buses also travel through the suburb on Oxford Street. Buses that travel through the centre of Darlinghurst are the 311 and the 389 buses. The Eastern Suburbs is the name of the region to the direct east and south-east of inner Sydney, Australia. ...
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Bondi Beach Bondi Beach (with a long i) is a hugely popular beach and suburb of Sydney, Australia. ...
There are no train stations in Darlinghurst, however Kings Cross station on the Eastern Suburbs and Illawarra line is just over the northern border of the suburb. Museum station on the City Circle, is located just to the west of Darlinghurst, on the south-west corner of Hyde Park. Kings Cross is a former suburb that is now an inner-city locality of Sydney. ...
The Eastern Suburbs Railway line was constructed in the 1970s. ...
Museum is a railway station on the City Circle line in Sydney, Australia. ...
The City Circle is a system of underground passenger railway lines located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia that make up the heart of the Sydney passenger railway network, owned and operated by CityRail, a New South Wales government agency. ...
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Schools The Sydney Church of England Girls' Grammar School (SCEGGS) was founded in 1895 in Victoria St, Darlinghurst, and moved to its current site in Forbes St, Darlinghurst, in 1901. The Darlinghurst Public School is in Womerah St, and is actually in the suburb of Potts Point. It was opened in 1884. The Sydney Grammar School is located on College St, Darlinghurst, across the road from Hyde Park. This school is a boys-only private school, and opened in 1857. The Marist College, Darlinghurst, on Liverpool St, has long been closed, and is now an apartment complex. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...
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The view across Potts Point and Woolloomooloo to the Sydney CBD, from St Neot Avenue. ...
Sydney Grammar School is a non-denominational, independent private school for boys located in Sydney, Australia. ...
Churches Darlinghurst has 4 functioning churches; God in the City, an Assemblies of God congregation affiliated with Christian City Churches, St. Pauls Lutheran congregation, St. John the Evangelist, an Anglican congregation and the Church of Christ, Scientist. St. Johns operates Rough Edges; a street outreach centre that functions as a cafe. It provides a range of services to the local homeless community. There are also a variety of smaller chapels and religious services attached to St. Vincents hospital and other religious organisations in the suburb. The Sacred Heart Church on the corner of Darlinghurst Rd and Oxford St, a Catholic Church, was closed in August 2005 as part of a controversial site redevelopment which will involve a campus of the Notre Dame University being built on it's site. The Assemblies of God is the worlds largest Pentecostal Protestant Christian denomination. ...
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There is also the now defunct St. Peters Anglican, which is now administered by SCEGGS Interior view, with the Nave of the Cattedra in the back St. ...
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See also Sydney Harbour looking south from the vicinity of the Sydney Harbour Bridge towards the CBD skyline; the Opera House is visible in the background on the left. ...
The City of Sydney comprises the central business district and surrounding Inner West suburbs of the greater metropolitan area of Sydney, Australia. ...
The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is a parade and pride festival for the gay and lesbian community, held annually in Sydney, Australia. ...
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References - Apperly, Richard; Irving, Robert; Reynolds, Peter (1989). A Pictorial Guide to Identifying Australian Architecture: Styles and Terms from 1788 to the Present. Sydney, Angus & Robertson. ISBN 0-207-18562-X
- Faro, Clive (2000). Street Seen: A History of Oxford St. Carlton South, Melbourne University Press. ISBN 0-522-84967-9
- Jahn, Graham (1997). Sydney Architecture. Sydney, The Watermark Press. ISBN 0-949284-32-7
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