Darlinghurst, New South Wales
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Darlinghurst is an inner-city, eastern
Eastern Suburbs (Sydney)
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 suburb
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 of Sydney
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, in the state of New South Wales
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, Australia. Darlinghurst is located immediately east of the Sydney central business district
Sydney central business district
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 and Hyde Park
Hyde Park, Sydney
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, within the local government area of the City of Sydney
City of Sydney
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. Darlinghurst is colloquially known as Darlo.

Darlinghurst is a densely populated suburb with the majority of residents living in apartments or terraced houses. Once a slum and red-light prostitution district, Darlinghurst has undergone urban renewal
Urban renewal
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 since the 1980s to become a rather upmarket, cosmopolitan and diverse area. Places such as Victoria Street (which joins Darlinghurst and Kings Cross) are known as culturally rich destinations. The main thoroughfare
Thoroughfare
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 of Darlinghurst is considered to be Oxford Street
Oxford Street, Sydney
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. Close to the CBD in particular, the street is lined with numerous shops, bars and...

 which is well-known around the world as the centre of Sydney's gay community
Gay community
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, and is home to a number of gay venues. In recent years, Oxford Street has garnered a reputation as being Sydney's primary "nightclub
Nightclub
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 strip", popular with both gay
Gay
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 and straight
Heterosexuality
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 clubbers, and surpassing the notorious red-light district
Red-light district
A red-light district is a part of an urban area where there is a concentration of prostitution and sex-oriented businesses, such as sex shops, strip clubs, adult theaters, etc...

 of Kings Cross
Kings Cross, New South Wales
Kings Cross is an inner-city locality of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately 2 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Sydney...

 in popularity. Subsequently, crime rates increased in the area, particularly for assault
Assault
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s and robberies.

East Sydney
East Sydney, New South Wales
East Sydney is a small inner-city locality in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is situated immediately east of the Sydney central business district, adjacent to Hyde Park....

 is a locality in the western part of the suburb; Taylor Square is another locality within the suburb. Kings Cross
Kings Cross, New South Wales
Kings Cross is an inner-city locality of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately 2 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Sydney...

 is a locality on the northern border. Darlinghurst is surrounded by the suburbs of Woolloomooloo
Woolloomooloo, New South Wales
Woolloomooloo is a harbourside, inner-city eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Woolloomooloo is located 1.5 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Sydney. The suburb is located in a low-lying, former...

, Potts Point
Potts Point, New South Wales
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, Rushcutters Bay
Rushcutters Bay, New South Wales
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, Paddington
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 and Surry Hills
Surry Hills, New South Wales
Surry Hills is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Surry Hills is located immediately south-east of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Sydney...

.

History

The suburb was originally known as Eastern Hill and then Henrietta Town, after Governor
Governors of New South Wales
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 Lachlan Macquarie
Lachlan Macquarie
Major-General Lachlan Macquarie CB , was a British military officer and colonial administrator. He served as the last autocratic Governor of New South Wales, Australia from 1810 to 1821 and had a leading role in the social, economic and architectural development of the colony...

's wife, 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
Ralph Darling
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, during the early 19th century. The 'hurst' is an old English word for a wooded area.

Landmarks

Darlinghurst has two of Sydney's museums: the Australian Museum
Australian Museum
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 (a natural history
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 museum) and the Sydney Jewish Museum
Sydney Jewish Museum
The Sydney Jewish Museum is a museum in Sydney, Australia, which documents the Holocaust and the history of the Jewish people in Australia.-History and description:...

. The suburb also features St Vincent's Hospital
St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney
St Vincent's Public Hospital, Sydney is located in the inner city suburb of Darlinghurst. Though part of the New South Wales state public health system it remains under the auspices of the Sisters of Charity.-History:...

, and is associated with the Sacred Heart Hospice on Darlinghurst Rd, and the Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Garvan Institute of Medical Research
The Garvan Institute of Medical Research was founded in 1963 by the Sisters of Charity. Initially a research department of St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney, it is now one of Australia's largest medical research institutions with approximately 500 scientists, students and support staff.Funds for its...

.

Darlinghurst Gaol

Darlinghurst Gaol
Darlinghurst Gaol
Darlinghurst Gaol was an Australian prison located in Darlinghurst, New South Wales. The site is bordered by Victoria, Burton and Forbes streets, with entrances on Forbes and Burton Streets.-History:...

, 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
Henry Lawson
Henry Lawson was an Australian writer and poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period and is often called Australia's "greatest writer"...

 spent time incarcerated here during some of the turbulent years of his life. The last hanging at the gaol was in 1907 (Jahn, 1997). The site became East Sydney Technical College
National Art School
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 in 1921, but was turned into the National Art School
National Art School
The National Art School is an art school in Sydney, Australia. It is a Public Company Limited by Guarantee with a board of directors. It has Institutional Registration and Course Accreditation supported by the DET Higher Education Directorate....

 from 1995.

Darlinghurst Fire Station

Completed in 1912, this three-storey brick and stone building occupies a prominent location at the corner of Darlinghurst Road and Victoria Street. It was designed in 1910 by Walter Liberty Vernon
Walter Liberty Vernon
Walter Liberty Vernon was an English architect who migrated to the state of New South Wales, Australia and pursued his career as an architect in Sydney...

 (Jahn, 1997). It still functions as a fire station and is listed on the Register of the National Estate.

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 Street

Oxford St
Oxford Street, Sydney
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. Close to the CBD in particular, the street is lined with numerous shops, bars and...

 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). It was a toll road in its early years with the toll gates being located near present day Glenmore Road. Oxford St assumed its current name in 1875. Oxford Square is located at the intersection of Oxford Street and Burton Street. Oxford Square is also the name of the small shopping centre located opposite, at the corner of Oxford Street and Riley Street.

Stanley Street

Stanley Street
Stanley Street, East Sydney
Stanley Street is a small street in the East Sydney district, which is part of the suburb of Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia.-Description:Stanley Street is primarily residential, but was the centre of Sydney's original Italian community in the 1950s and 1960s, and was subsequently part of Sydney's...

 is one of the suburb's two secondary restaurant strips (with Victoria Street) and is often referred to as Sydney's first "Little Italy". However, the restaurants range from Japanese, Thai and Italian and the prices range from basic to moderate. There is an annual Italian Festival held here every June.

Victoria Street

Victoria Street is the other major cafe strip. Restaurants range from basic to upmarket. The majority of the cafes have outdoor seating. Several iconic restaurants are in this area, such as Tropicana and Bar Coluzzi.

Inter-War apartments

Kurrajong, 138 Darlinghurst Road,Darlinghurst

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, 2-10 Hardy Street, Darlinghurst

Claridge, 28-30 Flinders Street, Darlinghurst

Ballina, 3-5 Darley Street, Darlinghurst

Portree, 2a Darley Street, Darlinghurst

The Horizon

The Horizon
Horizon Apartments
The Horizon Apartments, also short The Horizon, is a residential high rise building in Darlinghurst, a suburb in the inner-city of Sydney, NSW, Australia. It is located on at 184 Forbes Street between Liverpool and William Streets. The controversial highrise was completed in 1998...

, located in Forbes Street, Darlinghurst, is a 43-storey residential high rise building completed in 1998. It has a distinctive scalloped facade and is finished in rendered concrete. The building was designed by Sydney architect, Harry Seidler
Harry Seidler
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 and is controversial in that it has caused major overshadowing of the surrounding area.

Commercial area

Darlinghurst's commercial activity is centred on Oxford Street, and extends to Victoria Street, Flinders Street, Crown Street, Cleveland Street, and Darlinghurst Road. 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 Street. There is also a significant retail presence, including fashion retailers.

Transport

Darlinghurst is well-served by public transport, with many bus routes from the Eastern Suburbs
Eastern Suburbs (Sydney)
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 converging on Oxford Street
Oxford Street, Sydney
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. Close to the CBD in particular, the street is lined with numerous shops, bars and...

 prior to entering the central business district
Central business district
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. The 380 bus between Circular Quay and Bondi Beach travels through Darlinghurst along Oxford Street. The 333 bus runs the same route but is an express service, only servicing major stops and all passengers must have prepaid tickets. 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.

There are no train stations in Darlinghurst, however Kings Cross railway station
Kings Cross railway station, Sydney
-Transport links:Outbound bus services:*200 - Bondi Junction via Edgecliff*311 - Circular Quay via Elizabeth Bay and Woolloomooloo*323 - Dover Heights via Edgecliff, New South Head Road*324 - Watsons Bay via Edgecliff, New South Head Road...

 on the CityRail
CityRail
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 Eastern Suburbs and Illawarra line is just over the northern border of the suburb. Museum station on the City Circle
City Circle
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, is located just to the west of Darlinghurst, on the south-west corner of Hyde Park
Hyde Park, Sydney
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.

Schools

Darlinghurst Public School, located on Womerah Avenue, was opened in 1884. The Sydney Grammar School
Sydney Grammar School
Sydney Grammar School is an independent, non-denominational, selective, day school for boys, located in Darlinghurst, Edgecliff and St Ives, all suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....

 is located on College Street, across the road from Hyde Park
Hyde Park, Sydney
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. This school is a boys-only private school
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 which opened in 1857.

The Sydney Church of England Girls' Grammar School (now called SCEGGS Darlinghurst) was founded in 1895 in Victoria Street, Darlinghurst. It moved to its current site in Forbes Street, in 1901. The former Marist College on Liverpool Street is now an apartment complex.

The National Art School
National Art School
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 of Australia, a specialist Art school in collaboration with Sydney TAFE
Technical and Further Education
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, dates back to 1859.

The Notre Dame School of Medicine, Sydney is located in the historic parish buildings associated with the Sacred Heart Parish in Darlinghurst. The complex includes state of the art facilities for use by medical students such as simulated wards, practise wet laboratories and clinical skills laboratories in addition to simulated consulting rooms.

Churches

Darlinghurst has three functioning churches: God in the City, an Assemblies of God
Assemblies of God
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 congregation affiliated with Christian City Churches
Christian City Churches
C3 Church Global, formerly known as Christian City Church International , is a Charismatic church movement founded by Pastors Phil Pringle and Christine Pringle. The first church was established at Dee Why on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia, and is now located in Oxford Falls...

; St. Pauls
Paul of Tarsus
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 Lutheran congregation; St. John the Evangelist
John the Evangelist
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, an Anglican congregation; and the Church of Christ, Scientist
Church of Christ, Scientist
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. On 10 April 2010, the Sydney Morning Herald reported that the congregation of the Church of Christ, Scientist, had enlisted a real estate agent to sell the church. In 2011 the Church of Science was sold to a developer and is currently being remodeled into apartments.

St. Johns operates Rough Edges, a street outreach centre that functions as a cafe and drop-in centre. It provides a range of services to the local community, including the homeless. There is also a variety of smaller chapels and religious services attached to St Vincent's Hospital
St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney
St Vincent's Public Hospital, Sydney is located in the inner city suburb of Darlinghurst. Though part of the New South Wales state public health system it remains under the auspices of the Sisters of Charity.-History:...

 and other religious organisations in the suburb. The Sacred Heart Church on the corner of Darlinghurst Rd and Oxford St, a Catholic church, is part of a site redevelopment which involves a campus of the Notre Dame University on its site.

There is also the defunct St. Peter's Anglican church, Bourke Street, which is now part of SCEGGS Darlinghurst.

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
New South Wales
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 State Government
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 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.

This battle has become a moot point however, with the two councils forced to amalgamate
Amalgamation (politics)
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 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
Australian Labor Party
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, for whom the area was usually safe, had their primary vote reduced to approximately 20%. The independent Clover Moore
Clover Moore
Clover Moore , is an Australian politician, the Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney and an independent member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing the electorate of Sydney. Moore is the first publicly elected female Lord Mayor of Sydney. Prior to the 2007 NSW state election, she...

 took the Lord Mayor
Lord Mayor
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al position, having campaigned against the Government's dismissal of the Council.

At a federal level, Darlinghurst falls in the electorates of the Division of Sydney
Division of Sydney
The Division of Sydney is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It is located around the central city area of Sydney, and includes many inner suburbs such as Darlinghurst, Surry Hills, Ultimo, Redfern, Camperdown, Glebe, Annandale, Balmain, Potts Point and the Sydney...

 and Wentworth. Its current parliamentary representatives are Tanya Plibersek
Tanya Plibersek
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 (Labor) and Malcolm Turnbull
Malcolm Turnbull
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 (Liberal). These electorates have some of the state's strongest support for The Greens
Australian Greens
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.

Heritage

The following buildings are listed on the Register of the National Estate.
  • St Peter's Church of England, Bourke Street
  • Beare's Stairs, Caldwell and Surry Streets
  • Hilton, Liverpool Street
  • Former Marist Brothers High School, corner Liverpool and Darley Streets
  • Stoneleigh, Darley Street
  • Hughlings Private Hospital, Darley Street
  • Novar, Darley Street
  • The Grange, Liverpool Street
  • St John's Church of England and Church Rectory, Darlinghurst Road
  • National Art School (formerly Darlinghurst Gaol), Forbes and Burton Streets
  • Barham, SCEGGS School, Forbes Street
  • St Peter's Rectory, Forbes Street
  • Former Belgrave Terrace, Forbes Street
  • Terrace, 204-218 Liverpool Street
  • Terrace, 337-345 Liverpool Street
  • SILF Company Building, 10-20 Oxford Square
  • Former Family Hotel, 20 Burton Street
  • Former ANZ Bank, 52 Oxford Street
  • G.A.Zink and Sons, 56 Oxford Street
  • Presbyterian Church and Manse, Palmer and Stanley Streets
  • Darlinghurst Court House, Taylor Square
  • Former Police Station, Forbes Street, Taylor Square
  • Darlinghurst Fire Station, corner Darlinghurst Road and Victoria Street
  • Darlinghurst Public School, Womerah Avenue

Culture

The area is most famous for the annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
The Sydney Mardi Gras is an annual LGBTQI pride parade and festival in Sydney, Australia, and draws in thousands of visitors from around Australia and overseas...

. The parade which marks the end of this festival takes place on Oxford Street
Oxford Street, Sydney
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. Close to the CBD in particular, the street is lined with numerous shops, bars and...

, the main street that runs through several suburbs, including Darlinghurst.

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