Darlinghurst is an inner-city, eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located immediately east of the Sydney central business district and Hyde Park, within the local government area of the City of Sydney. The postcode is 2010, shared with Surry Hills and East Sydney. The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ... Capital Sydney Government Const. ... A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z List of postcodes in New South Wales (A-E) List of postcodes in New South Wales (F-M) List of postcodes in New South Wales... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... The Local Government Areas of New South Wales, Australia have been subject to periodic bouts of restructuring and rationalisation by the State Government, involving voluntary and involuntary amalgamation of areas. ... This article is about the local government area. ... State Electoral District is a term used to refer to a voting area within Australian states. ... Bligh is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. ... The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ... The Federal Division of Wentworth is a foundation division of the Australian Parliament, created at the Federation of the Australian Colonies as the Commonwealth of Australia. ... The Division of Sydney is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. ... This is a complete listing of the suburbs and localities in the greater Sydney area in alphabetical order. ... The Sydney central business district (CBD) is, commercially, the most important in Australia. ... Woolloomooloo Bay and Finger Wharf Woolloomooloo is a harbourside, inner-city eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... The view across Potts Point and Woolloomooloo to the Sydney CBD, from St Neot Avenue. ... The Sydney central business district (CBD) is, commercially, the most important in Australia. ... Paddington is a suburb in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, Australia. ... The clock tower of Central railway station on the western edge of Surry Hills Surry Hills is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, Australia. ... Paddington is a suburb in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, Australia. ... Paddington is a suburb in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, Australia. ... The Eastern Suburbs is the name of the region to the direct east and south-east of inner Sydney, Australia. ... Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ... Capital Sydney Government Const. ... The Sydney central business district (CBD) is, commercially, the most important in Australia. ... Hyde Park is the name of: Hyde Park, a Royal Park in London (the original location) Hyde Park in Sydney - a park some places in the United States of America: Hyde Park, Massachusetts Hyde Park, New York - a town in Dutchess County, New York Hyde Park, Vermont - a town Hyde... Local Government Area (abbreviated LGA) is a term used in Australia (and especially by the Australian Bureau of Statistics) to refer to areas controlled by each individual Local Government. ... This article is about the local government area. ...

Darlinghurst is a densely-populated suburb with the majority of residents living in apartments or terraced houses. From a slum in the 1920s and a red-light prostitution district, Darlinghurst has undergone urban renewal since the 1990s and early 2000s to become a rather upmarket, cosmopolitan and diverse area. The 1920s was a decade sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ... Blight often stands side-by-side with new structures during urban renewal efforts. ... Germans dancing on the Berlin Wall in late 1989, the symbol of the cold war divide falls down as the world unites in the 1990s. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ...

East Sydney is a locality in the western part of the suburb; Taylor Square is another locality within the suburb. Kings Cross is a locality on the northern border. Darlinghurst is surrounded by the suburbs of Woolloomooloo, Potts Point, Rushcutters Bay, Paddington and Surry Hills. East Sydney is a small inner-east suburb of Sydney, Australia. ... 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. ... Kings Cross intersection in the 1950s Kings Cross is a former suburb that is now an inner-city locality of Sydney. ... Woolloomooloo Bay and Finger Wharf Woolloomooloo is a harbourside, inner-city eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... The view across Potts Point and Woolloomooloo to the Sydney CBD, from St Neot Avenue. ... Rushcutters Bay is a suburb in the inner-east of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Paddington is a suburb in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, Australia. ... The clock tower of Central railway station on the western edge of Surry Hills Surry Hills is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, Australia. ...

Culture

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. The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is a parade and pride festival for the gay and lesbian community, held annually in Sydney, Australia. ... Oxford Street is a major thoroughfare in Sydney, Australia, running from Whitlam Square on the south-east corner of Hyde Park in the central business district of Sydney to Bondi Junction in the Eastern Suburbs. ...

History

The suburb was originally known as Eastern Hill and then Henrietta Town, after the wife of Governor Lachlan Macquarie, whose second name was Henrietta. The loyalties changed with the change of governors and the suburb became Darlinghurst in honour of Elizabeth Darling, the popular wife of Governor Ralph Darling, during the early 19th century. The 'hurst' is an old English word for a wooded area. the flag of the Governor of New South Wales The Governor of New South Wales is the representative in the Australian state of New South Wales of Australias head of state, Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. ... Major General Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of New South Wales Major-General Lachlan Macquarie CB (31 January 1762 – 1 July 1824), British military officer and colonial administrator, served as Governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821 and had a leading role in the social, economic and architectural development of... General Sir Ralph Darling, Governor NSW (1825–1831). ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Politics

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. ... Capital Sydney Government Const. ... Judicial High Court Lower Courts Constitution State and territory governments Executive Governors and Administrators Premiers and Chief Ministers Legislative Parliaments and Assemblies State electoral systems ACT - NSW - NT - Qld. ...

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. Joining two political units, such as municipalities, counties, or cities into one entiety is referred to as Amalgamation. ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Australian Labor Party (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. Its current MP is Australian Labor Party leftist Tanya Plibersek, an outspoken supporter of Gay rights, Women's rights and refugees. Plibersek is well-liked by the Darlinghurst and Surry Hills community and Sydney is one of the safest Labor seats in the country. The Division of Sydney is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. ... Tanya Plibersek Tanya Joan Plibersek (born 2 December 1969), Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1998, representing the Division of Sydney, New South Wales. ... The gay rights movement is a collection of loosely aligned civil rights groups, human rights groups, support groups and political activists seeking acceptance, tolerance and equality for non-heterosexual, (homosexual, bisexual), and transgender people - despite the fact that it is typically referred to as the gay rights movement, members also... The term women’s rights typically refers to freedoms inherently possessed by women and girls of all ages, which may be institutionalized or ignored and/or illegitimately suppressed by law or custom in a particular society. ...

Landmarks

Darlinghurst has two of Sydney's museums: the Australian Museum (a natural history museum) and the Sydney Jewish Museum. The suburb also features St Vincent's Hospital, and is associated with the Sacred Heart Hospice on Darlinghurst Rd, 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 historic Darlinghurst Gaol, which is now the East Sydney campus of the National Art School formerly the Sydney Institute of Technology. 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. ... Table of natural history, 1728 Cyclopaedia Natural history is an umbrella term for what are now usually viewed as several distinct scientific disciplines. ... The Sydney Jewish Museum in Sydney, Australia identifies the 16 Jews who arrived on the First Fleet and describes life for those people and their families in the early days in the settlement of Australia. ... St Vincents Hospital, Sydney is located in the inner city suburb of Darlinghurst. ... 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. ...

Darlinghurst Gaol

Darlinghurst Gaol, the large sandstone penal complex in the middle of Darlinghurst was built between 1836 and 1840. The 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, circa 1902 Henry Lawson (17 June 1867 - 2 September 1922) 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).

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.

Oxford Street

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 its current name in 1875. Oxford Street is a major thoroughfare in Sydney, Australia, running from Whitlam Square on the south-east corner of Hyde Park in the central business district of Sydney to Bondi Junction in the Eastern Suburbs. ...

Stanley Street

Stanley Street

Stanley Street is the suburb's resturant strip and is often referred to as "Little Italy" amongst locals and in tourism guides. 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. ... Image File history File links This is a picture of Stanley Street in Darlinghurst Sydney. ... Stanley St is a small street in the East Sydney district of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ...

Victoria Street

Victoria Street is another of the the suburb's cafe strips. Restaurants range from basic to upmarket. The majority of the cafes have outdoor seating.

InterWar Apartments

Mont Clair, 347 Liverpool Street, Darlinghurst
Royal Court, 227 Crown Street, Darlinghurst
The Rutland, 381 Liverpool Street, Darlinghurst
Hillcrest, 114 Burton Street, Darlinghurst
The Savoy, Hardy Street, Darlinghurst
Claridge, 28-30 Flinders Street, Darlinghurst

The Horizon

This upmarket 43-storey apartment block 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 highrise 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. Its more expensive apartments face the city and harbour (west and northwesterly, respectively). The building's smaller apartments generally face an easterly direction and thus do not offer city or harbour views. For example, there are no one-bedroom apartments facing the city.

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. ... Oxford Street is a major thoroughfare in Sydney, Australia, running from Whitlam Square on the south-east corner of Hyde Park in the central business district of Sydney to Bondi Junction in the Eastern Suburbs. ... A Central business district (CBD) or downtown is a commercial heart of a city. ... Categories: Suburbs of Sydney | Incomplete Sydney suburbs ... 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 railway station on the CityRail 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 railway station is an underground railway station in Sydney, Australia. ... Official logo of the CityRail network The waiting area at  Central Railway Station, the main station on the CityRail network Old-style manual train indicator boards at Concord West. ... 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. ... |Hyde Park A Fig-lined avenue in Hyde Park Archibald Fountain, Hyde Park, Sydney Hyde Park is a large park in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ...

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 Ave and 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. ... SCEGGS Darlinghurst, is an inner city Church Of England Kindergarten to Year 12 school for girls. ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Sydney Grammar School (colloquially known just as Grammar) is a non-denominational, independent school for boys located in Sydney, Australia founded in 1854. ...

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 Vincent's 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 its site. Currently the Assemblies of God USA and Assemblies of God organizations around the world make up the worlds largest Pentecostal denomination with some 51 million members and adherents. ... CCC Logo Christian City Churches International Christian City Churches are an evangelical, pentecostal church movement founded by Pastors Phil Pringle and Chris Pringle. ... Paul of Tarsus (b. ... The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ... St John the Evangelist, imagined by Jacopo Pontormo, ca 1525 (Santa Felicità, Florence) John the Evangelist (? - c. ... The term Anglican describes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially following the Reformation. ... A homeless man pushes a cart down the street. ... St Vincents Hospital, Sydney is located in the inner city suburb of Darlinghurst. ...

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. ... The term Anglican describes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially following the Reformation. ... SCEGGS Darlinghurst, is an inner city Church Of England Kindergarten to Year 12 school for girls. ...

Amenities

Darlinghurst's commercial activity is centred on Oxford St, however, Victoria St, Flinders St, Crown St and Darlinghurst Rd also have commercial activity. There are a large number of cafés, restaurants and take-away food stores throughout Darlinghurst, as well as a large number of pubs and nightclubs, many of which are on Oxford St. There is also a significant retail presence, including fashion retailers.

Darlinghurst in Songs

• From St Kilda to Kings Cross - Paul Kelly
• Darling, it hurts - Paul Kelly
• Darlinghurst Nights - The Go-Betweens
• Living in Darlinghurst - Drip Tray
• Darlinghurst Confidential - The Celibate Rifles

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Darlinghurst in Books

Fiction

• The Tax Inspector by Peter Carey (1991)
• He Died With a Felafel In His Hand by John Birmingham (1994)
• Razor by Larry Writer (2001)

See also

• Sydney
• South Sydney
• Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
• Politics of Australia
• Culture of Sydney
• Homelessness

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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

External links

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References

• The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8