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Paddington Reservoir Gardens 31 August 2011

Paddington Reservoir Gardens 31 August 2011

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Water

Finding and securing enough water for Sydney's needs has been a challenge since the arrival of the Europeans in 1788, and over two centuries water supply has prompted some of the largest engineering schemes undertaken in Sydney.

Paddington

Built on Gadigal land in Sydney's east, Paddington has been one of Sydney's most desirable suburbs and one of its least, at different times.

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Inner-east residential suburb, named for the London borough, with 3,800 terrace houses built between 1860 and 1890. It was one of the earliest Sydney suburbs to be valued for its heritage buildings, many of which have been restored.

Paddington Reservoir

Reservoir constructed as part of Sydney's water supply system to get water from the Botany Swamps Scheme to the urban area. It was decommissioned in 1899 and served as garage and workshop until collapsing in 1991. In 2009 it opened as a sunken garden and cultural precinct.

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Paddington Reservoir Gardens

Urban garden and cultural precinct within the former water reservoir chambers. Once an integral part of Sydney's first water supply system it was decommissioned in late nineteenth century and used for storage and as a garage before conversion to a cultural precinct.

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