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Horsedrawn omnibuses, corner Parramatta Road and Bay Street with Sydney University on the skyline c1870

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American & Australasian Photographic Company
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State Library of New South Wales
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American & Australasian Photographic Company

State Library of New South Wales

The road west

The first road out of Sydney town led to the farming settlement at Parramatta, and this western gateway to the city retained its importance as the suburbs spread west towards the Blue Mountains.

Glebe Pubs

In nineteenth century Glebe, the pub was larger and more comfortable than the average working class home and it was just around the corner. Open seven days a week from 6 am to midnight, for the working class the pub was the centre of community life and an important public space. From the 1880s, changes to Sunday trading, the management of hotel licences and the introduction of six o'clock closing led to new drinking practices that would remain in place until the 1950s. The 1951 Royal Commission on Liquor Laws in New South Wales supported a 10 pm closing-time, offerings of food and entertainment, and access to pubs for women. But the heyday was long over: in 1892, Glebe supported twenty-eight pubs; by 2003, there were just ten pubs still trading in Glebe.

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Parks

Universities and Colleges

University of Sydney

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First proposed by William Wentworth in 1848 as an expansion of Sydney College, the university was established via the passage of the University of Sydney Act in 1850 and inaugurated in 1852 before moving to Camperdown in 1859. It is the oldest university in Australia.

Broadway

Street at the western edge of Sydney's central business district which gives its name to the locality around it.

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Glebe

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Inner-city suburb named for its original status as Anglican church land granted to Richard Johnson, chaplain of the first fleet in 1790. The Glebe Point area became fashionable in the nineteenth century, while the southern part of Glebe became a working class district.

Victoria Park

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Large park between the University of Sydney and City Road, which contains a lake and a public swimming pool.