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Larrikins: football is in 1897

By
Tom Durkin
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[TN86 (a5893008)]
(The Bulletin, 24 April 1897 p16)

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Durkin, Tom

State Library of New South Wales

Surry Hills

Surry Hills, on Cadigal land, provided grazing, garden produce, timber, stone and clay to the new colony, and wealthy colonists built country houses there. Subdivision from the 1830s made it one of Sydney's most populous districts by the 1890s. Poor drainage and building rapidly created slum conditions, rife with crime and poverty. Demolitions and remodelling by city and state governments made some improvements, but after World War II, when industry moved out and residents shifted to newer suburbs, Surry Hills became attractive to new migrants and was revitalised.

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Weekly magazine influential in Australian literature and culture, particularly before World War I.