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Albion House and Albion Brewery, Surry Hills c1840

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State Library of New South Wales
[a623016 / PX*D 123, 5c]
(St Lawrence Temporary Church, in the residence of IT Hughes, Esqre)

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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.

Industrial building

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Surry Hills

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Inner-city suburb located immediately to the south east of the central business district. After explosive growth in the second half of the nineteenth century it came to be seen as a slum, then experienced gentrification from the late 1960s.

St Lawrence Chapel

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Believed to be a temporary chapel in the storeroom of the Albion Brewery on land owned by John Terry Hughes in Surry Hills. It was in use until the consecration of Christ Church St Laurence in September 1845. The spelling differs because the civil parish was named St Lawrence in 1835 and that name was in common usage for the chapel within the parish.

Albion Brewery

Brewery constructed at the corner of Albion and Elizabeth streets Surry Hills for Samuel Terry. It was to become part of Toohey's Brewery before being demolished for office blocks.

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Albion House

Mansion with twelve foot wide verandahs on the corner of Albion and Mary streets which formed the centrepiece of the Albion Estate. The estate was subdivided in 1873.

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