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Part of a cadastral map of Sydney by Woolloomoo...

Part of a cadastral map of Sydney by Woolloomooloo Bay, showing Victoria and McLeay Streets c1841

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Kings Cross

Kings Cross exists in Sydney's imagination as much as it does in any physical form, and pinning down its geographical boundaries is difficult. It has loomed large in Sydney's culture since the first houses were built nearby in the 1830s, and continues to attract tourists and Sydneysiders alike.

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Two storey Regency villa which originally had a frontage to Woolloomooloo Bay and could be seen from Sydney Town. Constructed of stuccoed brickwork, it has cedar interiors, marble flooring and French doors opening to wide verandahs and is one of few colonial villas to survive.

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Darlinghurst

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Inner suburb to the east of the city which has been home to both gentry and underclass. The former Darlinghurst Gaol is now the National Art School.

Kings Cross

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In the nineteenth century one of Sydney's most prestigious suburbs, it became home to a vibrant bohemian community and later Sydney's red light district. Named for the intersection of Darlinghurst Road, William and Victoria Streets and once called Queens Cross, the area is now a neon lit mecca for tourists and Sydneysiders.

Potts Point

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Small, densely populated inner-eastern suburb, joined to Garden Island in 1942. It contains significant nineteenth-century buildings as well as some of Sydney's earliest apartment buildings in the Art Deco style. It includes the locality of Kings Cross.