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Flemington

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A locality within the suburb of Homebush West.

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Chinatown Electrification of the Sydney Suburban Train Network From a fine stream to an industrial watercourse The Railways of Sydney: Shaping the City and its Commerce

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Locality

Homebush

Inner western residential and commercial suburb serviced by the metropolitan railway network, and crossed by the M4 motorway and Parramatta Road. Its name comes from the estate of D'Arcy Wentworth.

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Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney - Rookwood 1891-1894

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Higinbotham & Robinson

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Chinatown

Sydney's first Chinatown was in lower George St, The Rocks, where Chinese businessmen settled in the 1850s, providing services to Chinese goldseekers on their journey to the goldfields. By the 1870s, the Chinese part of the city had moved to Haymarket where Chinese market gardeners came to sell their produce, staying overnight in Chinese lodgings in Surry Hills. Early twentieth century slum clearance, and the movement of the markets towards Darling Harbour, moved Chinatown again, to Dixon Street.

From a fine stream to an industrial watercourse

As Sydney expanded in the nineteenth century the picturesque waterways and valleys of the Cooks River were to host a network of waterworks and rail and road infrastructure that were to degrade the landscape forever.

The Railways of Sydney: Shaping the City and its Commerce

Across the world, steam railways and electric tramways facilitated the expansion of the small cities of pre-industrial times into vast metropolises. This essay explores the role of railways in shaping the Sydney metropolis we know today.

Electrification of the Sydney Suburban Train Network

By the turn of the twentieth century, Sydney’s train network was under increasing pressure from an expanding suburbia, growing patronage, slow trains and a central terminal that was isolated from the city centre that it served. To revitalise the network and meet the needs of the growing city the railway needed to be extended through the city; the central terminal had to be relocated; and the entire network electrified. This work was the single most significant event in the history of the Sydney rail system, transforming the commuter experience and changing the face of the city.