Erskineville Sydney, New South Wales
Bridge Street, Erskineville
Postcode:	2043
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LGA:	City of Sydney
State District:	Heffron
Federal Division:	Sydney
Suburbs around Erskineville: Newtown Macdonaldtown Eveleigh Newtown Erskineville Alexandria St Peters Alexandria Alexandria

Erskineville Road

Erskineville Public School

South Sydney Council Chambers

St Marys, Swanson Street

A back alley in Erskineville

Erskineville is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Erskineville is located about 3 kms south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney. Erskineville is informally part of the region of the Inner West, but is also considered to be part of the inner-city because of its close proximity to the city. Erskineville is colloquially known as Erko. The postcode is 2043. Map of Local Government Areas in New South Wales Types of LGAs in New South Wales 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. ... 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Erskineville is bordered by the suburbs of Newtown to the west, Eveleigh to the north, St Peters to the south, and Alexandria to the east. The locality of Macdonaldtown sits over the north-west border. Newtown is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Eveleigh is a suburb of the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... St Peters is a suburb in the inner south of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Alexandria is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, postcode 2015. ... Macdonaldtown is an urban locality within the suburb Newton, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ...

Erskineville is a residential suburb with a village-type atmosphere. It has a small shopping strip around the railway station and several popular pubs, including the Rose of Australia, the Imperial Hotel and Erskineville Hotel. Erskineville is a popular location with residents because of its close proximity to the city, trendy cafes and village atmosphere, and the fact that Angela lives there. These features also make real estate expensive in this area, considering the small size of most properties. Erskineville Oval is located on the eastern border of the suburb. Erskineville Oval is a rugby league ground in the Sydney suburb of Erskineville, New South Wales, Australia. ...

Transport

Erskineville railway station is on the Bankstown line of the City Rail network. Towards the city the stops are: Erskineville, Redfern, Central, Town Hall, Circular Quay, Wynyard and it takes around 5 minutes to reach Central Station. Newtown railway station and Macdonaldtown railway station are also within close walking distance. There are two bus stops located on Erskineville Road. Buses provide a service from Marrickville Metro shopping centre at Marrickville to Surry Hills. Erskineville railway station lies on the Bankstown, East Hills, and Illawarra lines, although only Bankstown line trains regularly stop there. ... The Bankstown Line is part of the metropolitan rail network of Sydney known as CityRail. ... 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. ... Newtown railway station is a station at Newtown, on the Inner West line of Sydneys CityRail network. ... Macdonaldtown railway station is a minor CityRail station in the city of Sydney, Australia. ... Marrickville Town Hall Police Station, Silver Street Marrickville is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Surry Hills, Shopping Village St Peters Catholic Church Central railway station clock tower Surry Hills is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state New South Wales, Australia. ...

History

The area was originally part of the suburb of Macdonaldtown. Erskineville is named after Erskine Villa, the home of Wesleyan minister, Reverend George Erskine, built in 1830. After changing owners a few times, the property was eventually left to the Church of England and became the rectory for the Holy Trinity Church at Macdonaldtown. In 1893, the Borough of Erskineville was created. Eventually the rest of Macdonaldtown was absorbed into the adjacent suburb of Newtown.

In the late nineteenth century the inhabitants were originally market gardeners, though brick making and tanning became dominant industries by the end of the nineteenth century. The Victorian cottages and small rows of Victorian terraces that dominate the built form of the suburb were the homes of the workers in these industries, which helps explain how small they are - a four metre wide terrace is large by Erskineville standards.

In the early twentieth century manufacturing in the area diversified, and Erskineville became a resolutely working class inner city suburb, with a proud history of resistance, and a less proud history of street violence. After World War II, Greek and later Yugoslav migrants found it an affordable place to settle, near the city. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in the Latin alphabet, Југославија in Cyrillic; English: South Slavia, or literary The Land of South Slavs) describes three political entities that existed one at a time on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe, during most of the 20th century. ...

From the 1970s, Erskineville underwent gentrification with new residents attracted to the village atmosphere, the excellent public transport links (three railway stations on two different lines within walking distance) and the proximity to Newtown. The gay and lesbian community were part of the first wave of gentrification and are still component of the community. As the terrace houses were renovated, the narrow streets were cobbled and speed-bumped and an urban forest of plantings grew in the streets and pocket parks. Families were again attracted to the area and prams began dominating the widened footpaths near the extremely fashionable cafes. The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Newtown is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... GAY can mean: Gay, a term referring to homosexual men or women The IATA code for Gaya Airport Category: ... This article is about same-sex desire and sexuality among women. ...

Pop Culture

• The Imperial Hotel at Erskineville is the famous drag show pub featured in the movie Priscilla, Queen of the Desert).
• Erskineville and the Inner West area were featured in the indie film, Erskineville Kings, one of the last projects that Hugh Jackman worked on before he was offered the role of Wolverine in X-Men, henceforth becoming a Hollywood movie star.
• Famed retro hard rock band Wolfmother was raised and formed here.

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Famous residents

• Paul Mac, musician and DJ. the Dissociatives
• Daniel Johns, silverchair and the Dissociatives
• Natalie Imbruglia, wife of Johns and singer and former actress

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See also

• Dawn O'Donnell
• Newtown area graffiti and street art

Dawn ODonnell (1928-2007), was a prominent Sydney lesbian, lesbian and gay rights campaigner, and entrepreneur. ... Since the 1980s the area in and around the historic inner Sydney suburb of Newtown, NSW -- including the suburbs of Newtown, Enmore, Erskineville, Camperdown and St Peters -- has become well known for the many works of creative graffiti and street art that adorn local walls. ...

References

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

External links

Coordinates: 33°54′17″S 151°11′05″E / -33.90476, 151.18479 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

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  • Topographic and bathymetric map from Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia.

• Ashmore Precinct Renewal Project