The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.
View north from Craigend looking over Woolloomooloo and Port Jackson 1845, by GE Peacock, courtesy Dixson Library, State Library of NSW a140025 / DL 15
In his entry on
Kings Cross in the Dictionary, author
Mark Dunn says that 'Kings Cross exists in Sydney's imagination as much as it does in any physical form' and that is 'possibly the only suburb in Sydney that nearly everyone has visited and that everyone has an opinion on'.
It's the inaugural
Kings Cross Festival this week, so we thought we'd take the opportunity to wander about some of the different views of the area over time which are on the Dictionary of Sydney so far. Go on to the Dictionary itself for more, and be sure to head off to the Festival too!
Wolomoloo (Springfield House) 1832 by Charles Rodius, courtesy of Dixson Library, State Library of NSW a140012 / DL Pd 258
Plan shewing the situation of the allotments for sale at Darlinghurst Elizabeth Bay: the property of Alexr Mcleay Esqre 1840s, courtesy National Library of Australia nla.map-f596
Darlinghurst Road, top of William Street, Kings Cross 1871 courtesy Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW a089526 / SPF/526
Fruit stall in Springfield Avenue 26 May 1933, courtesy City of Sydney Archives 001809 (NSCA CRS 51/1586)
Two women in Australian fashion outside Minerva French Perfumery, Kings Cross July 1941 by Robert Russell, courtesy Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW a388004 / PXA 907 Box 20, 39
Ted Noffs with group of people at Wayside Chapel, Kings Cross 1966, courtesy National Library of Australia nla.pic-vn4590878
Pedestrian crossing Darlinghurst Road outside the Tabou nightclub at night, Kings Cross 1961 courtesy National Archives of Australia A1200, L38208
William Street looking towards Kings Cross 1965 by Wolfgang Sievers, courtesy State Library of Victoria H2002.99/228
No Standing Only Dancing 1974 © Rennie Ellis Photographic Archive
