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CITY CENTRE AND

DARLING HARBOUR

George Street, Australia’s first thoroughfare, Today it is a peaceful oasis. The country’s
was originally lined with mud and wattle industrial age began in Darling Harbour
huts, but following the gold rush shops and in 1815 with the opening of a steam mill,
banks came to dominate the area. The but later the area became rundown. In
removal of buses and traffic and construc­ the 1980s, it was the site of low­rise, tourism­
tion of a light rail line to run through a focused redevelopment, followed by
pedestrianized George Street is revitalizing another wave of redevelopment from 2016,
the city’s heart. Hyde Park, on the edge including new entertainment facilities, high­
of the city centre, was once a racecourse. rises and hotels, and pedestrian walkways.

Sights at a Glance
Museums and Galleries Historic Streets and Buildings Entertainment
7 Museum of Sydney 1 Queen Victoria Building 2 State Theatre
0 Australian Museum pp98–9 3 Strand Arcade r Sea Life Sydney Aquarium,
t Australian National Maritime 4 Martin Place Wild Life Sydney Zoo and
Museum pp104–5 5 Sydney Tower p95 Madame Tussaud’s
i Powerhouse Museum pp106–7 6 Lands Department Building y King Street Wharf
Cathedrals and Synagogues w Sydney Town Hall Markets
8 St Mary’s Cathedral p Chinatown o Paddy’s Markets
q Great Synagogue
e St Andrew’s Cathedral
Parks and Gardens BRIDGE STREET
9 Hyde Park S T R E E T
u Chinese Garden ST
BLIGH ST PHILLIP
GEORGE
Wynyard P I T T S T R E E T M A C Q U A R I E
YORK
Martin
Place
STREET
ELIZABETH
STREET
KENT STREET
CITY CENTRE
CASTLEREAGH
CLARENCE STREE
PYRMONT KING STREET KING STREET STREET
BAY PARK
CLARENCE
Pyrmont YORK ST STREET ST JAMES RD See also Street Finder
Bay
St. James maps 1, 3 and 4
CLARENCE STREET
M A R K E T S T R E E T T T
M A R K E T S T R E E E
M A R K E T S T R E
GEORGE
GEORGE
ST
PHILLIP
Cockle PITT HYDE PARK
SUSSEX STREET
Bay S T R E E T
C O L L E G E
DRUITT ST PARK K STREET COOK
D A R L I N G
ELIZABETH
PARK
T
PYRMONT
Town Hallown Hall WILLIAM ST
Convention K E N T PAR PARK
H A R R I S
PITT
PITT
R I L E Y
PITT
BATHURST
PITT T
PITT
STR
PITT
BATHURST STREE EE
K E N T
DARLING STREET CASTLEREAGH S T R E E T
HARBOUR
STREET
HARBOUR Museum
K E N T S T R E E T
STREET
S T R E E T
L I V E R P O O L
R O A D
S T R E E T
STREET
Exhibition STREET SUSSEX GOULBURN STREET
PIE R GOULBURN STREET
SUSSEX GOULBURN
STREET STREET
STREET
Paddy's
Markets HAY STREET
Capitol
Square
ULTIMO ROAD GEORGE PITT BELMORE ELIZABETH
PARK
H A R R I S
RAILWAY EDDY AVE STREET 0 metres 250
SQUARE Central
BR O ADWAY WAY WA A Railway STREET 0 yards 250
S T R E E T
Station
LEE ST CHALMERS
REGENT ST
Bird sculptures at the Harbourside Shopping Centre in Darling Harbour For keys to symbols see back flap