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Urban change and planning

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Urban change and planning

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Aboriginal Housing Company

Darling Harbour Authority (Further Amendment) Act 1985

Darling Harbour Authority Act 1984

Report of the Royal Commission for the Improvement of the City of Sydney and its Suburbs 1909

The Harp in the South

Culwulla Chambers

Great fire in the city, October 1890

Royal Commission for the Improvement of the City of Sydney and Its Suburbs 1908

Aboriginal Housing Company

Darling Harbour Authority

Dixon Street Chinese Committee

'But if we demolish the pub instead won't we be accused of acting against Australian tradition?' 1959

A Gentle Hint - Labourer: 'Hi, Miss, I want that stone when you've done with it, please' 1868

Culwull Cahmbers: front facing King Street 1911

Culwulla Chambers: Profit possibilities of the tall building 1915

Demolition of Exeter Place, Surry Hills 1900

Government officials and resident with cockatoo at the rear of 14 May Street, Ultimo 1900

Ground plan of Old Government House, enclosed in Report of a Board of Survey 15 September 1845

Manuscript map of allotments of between Pitt, Albert streets, and Reibey Lane, and between Macquarie and Castlereagh streets, adjacent to Semicircular Quay c1850

Reclamation of Darling Harbour with spoil taken on City Railway excavations 30 October 1922

Sketch shewing projected streets near the Carter's Barracks 1846

Street Numbering 1866

Sydney St Phillip - Land applied for by the Bank of NSW Bridge Street 8 August 1853

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Urban change and planning

Aboriginal Housing Company

Redfern has been a centre for Aboriginal community in Sydney since at least 1900. When threatened with the loss of their homes to redevelopment in the early 1970s, Redfern residents resisted, enlisting the support of unionists and eventually the federal government. Out of this came Aboriginal management of The Block by the Aboriginal Housing Company.

Darling Harbour Authority (Further Amendment) Act 1985

Legislation to allow the Darling Harbour Authority to install and operate the monorail.

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Darling Harbour Authority Act 1984

Legislation to constitute the New Darling Harbour Authority and to specify its powers, authorities, duties and functions.

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Report of the Royal Commission for the Improvement of the City of Sydney and its Suburbs 1909

Report of the commission of 1908 which emphasised the practical issues of traffic, beautification, slum areas and housing reform, and the future growth of the city.

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The Harp in the South

Book by Ruth Park portraying the life of an Irish Catholic family in the slums of Surry Hills. With the sequel, Poor Man's Orange (1949), and prequel, Missus (1985), it forms a trilogy known as The Harp in the South books.

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Culwulla Chambers

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Thirteen (originally twelve) storey office block at King and Castlereagh Streets designed in 1911 by architectural firm Spain, Cosh and Minnett for the estate of the late Sarah Jane Marks, who had died in 1909. The building was named after her family's property Culwulla at Jamberoo as a memorial to her from her sons Dr Herbert J W Marks and Walter Moffitt Marks. At 50 metres high, it was the tallest building in Sydney and fears were raised that Sydney would develop a New York style skyline with darkened streets. It was also considered a fire hazard as existing equipment was incapable of reaching this height. The city's building regulations were subsequently amended with the introduction of the 1912 Height of Buildings Act by the New South Wales government, restricting building heights to 45 metres. This remained in force until 1957.

Great fire in the city, October 1890

Disastrous fire that broke out at the printers Gibbs, Shallard & Co's premises in Hosking Place on the northern side of Moore Street on the morning of 2 October 1890. The surrounding city block, almost an hectare, was also destroyed, including a large number of warehouses and office buildings. With the destruction of so many buildings, the opportunity was taken to widen Moore Street, the first step to creating Martin Place.

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Royal Commission for the Improvement of the City of Sydney and Its Suburbs 1908

Inquiry that reported on Sydney's traffic, housing, growth and beautification and resulted in changes such as the completion of Martin Place, the building of Anzac Parade, and road widening schemes.

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Aboriginal Housing Company

Aboriginal-run housing collective, incorporated in 1973 to manage the houses in Redfern that became known as The Block.

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Darling Harbour Authority

Authority formed in 1984 to redevelop the precinct, which was opened in 1988 in time for Sydney's Bicentenary celebrations.

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Dixon Street Chinese Committee

Organisation formed by business owners in Chinatown to negotiate refurbishment with the City of Sydney Council.

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'But if we demolish the pub instead won't we be accused of acting against Australian tradition?' 1959

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National Library of Australia

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A Gentle Hint - Labourer: 'Hi, Miss, I want that stone when you've done with it, please' 1868

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Sydney Punch, March 7, 1868, p 114)

Culwull Cahmbers: front facing King Street 1911

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Contributed By

National Library of Australia

[ Art and architecture : the journal of the Institute of Architects of New South Wales, Vol. 8 No. 6 (1 November - December 1911), p 372 via Trove]

Culwulla Chambers: Profit possibilities of the tall building 1915

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National Library of Australia

[Building Magazine, Vol. 15, No. 89 (12 Jan., 1915) p66, via Trove]

Demolition of Exeter Place, Surry Hills 1900

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By

John Degotardi Jnr

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a147105 / PXE 91, 105]

Government officials and resident with cockatoo at the rear of 14 May Street, Ultimo 1900

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By

John Degotardi Jnr

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a147242 / PXE 93, 242]

(from 'Views taken during Cleansing Operations, Quarantine Area, Sydney, 1900, Vol. IV / under the supervision of Mr George McCredie, FIA, NSW' Mitchell Library)

Ground plan of Old Government House, enclosed in Report of a Board of Survey 15 September 1845

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State Archives & Records New South Wales

[Colonial Architect; NRS 4335, Plans of public buildings, 1834-c1970. Plan 2926]

(Mortimer Lewis (attrib))

Manuscript map of allotments of between Pitt, Albert streets, and Reibey Lane, and between Macquarie and Castlereagh streets, adjacent ...

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Mitchell Map Collection)

Reclamation of Darling Harbour with spoil taken on City Railway excavations 30 October 1922

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Mitchell Library)

Sketch shewing projected streets near the Carter's Barracks 1846

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Dixson Map Collection)

Street Numbering 1866

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Sydney Punch, June 23, 1866, p 33)

Sydney St Phillip - Land applied for by the Bank of NSW Bridge Street 8 August 1853

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State Archives & Records New South Wales

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(Sketch books [Surveyor General][Sketch book 6 folio 59])

Built Environment

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